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tincture
/ˈtɪŋ(k)t͡ʃɚ/
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What does tincture mean?
noun
- A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
- (figuratively) A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.
- A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
More meanings (14)
noun
- A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
- (humorous) A (small) alcoholic drink.
- An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something.
- A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance.
- The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this.
- (obsolete) A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic.
- (obsolete) The act of colouring or dyeing.
- (figuratively, obsolete) A slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge.
- (figuratively, obsolete) A small flaw; a blemish, a stain.
- (obsolete) Synonym of baptism.
verb
- To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
- (figuratively) Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge.
- To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
- (rare) To have a taint or tinge of some quality.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtɪŋ(k)t͡ʃɚ/
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He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders.
The first expression of this was some element, rarefied by degrees into a pure abstraction, and purged from any tincture of sense.
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It is surely abundantly clear that this is Darwinism and has no tincture of Lamarck's essential principle, the inheritance of acquired characters.
‘Tis a vivid and strong tincture which, when the soul has once thoroughly imbibed it, will not out but with the piece.