tincture
Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquidSenses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid.: A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
» There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Meaning
13 sensesSenses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid.
(broadly)A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
(broadly, figuratively)A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.
(broadly)A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
Tinktur
Scientific and alchemical senses.
A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
tincture of iodine; tincture of cannabis; tincture of opium
Tinktur
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(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
(broadly, 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.
Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid.
(obsolete)A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic.
a substance that colors or dyes
(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.
a tincture of orange peel
(figuratively, obsolete)A small flaw; a blemish, a stain.
Examples
2 sentencesThere was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Tom made me a tincture to help with my anxiety.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English tincture (“a dye, pigment; a colour, hue, tinThe noun is derived from Late Middle English tincture (“a dye, pigment; a colour, hue, tint; process of colouring or dyeing; medicinal ointment or salve (perhaps one discolouring the skin); use of a medicinal tincture; (alchemy) transmutation of base metals into gold; ability to cause such transmutation; substance supposed to cause such transmutation”) [and other forms], borrowed from Latin tīnctūra (“act of dyeing”) + Middle English -ure (suffix indicating an action or a process and the means or result of that action or process). Tīnctūra is derived from tīnctus (“coloured, tinged; dipped in; impregnated with; treated”) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns expressing activities or results); while tīnctus is the perfect passive participle of tingō (“to colour, dye, tinge; to dip (in), immerse; to impregnate (with); to moisten, wet; to smear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”). Doublet of tainture, teinture, and tinctura.
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