I. ˈpintə, ˈpēn- noun
( -s )
Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, spot, mark, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pincta, feminine of (assumed) Vulgar Latin pinctus painted
: a chronic skin disease endemic in tropical America that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption of pintids, and a patchy loss of pigment, that chiefly affects dark-skinned people, and that is caused by a spirochete ( Treponema careteum ) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis
II. ˈpīntə noun
( -s )
Etymology: pint + -a (as in cuppa — herein)
Britain : a pint of milk