tinctorial

American  

[tingk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] / tɪŋkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /

adjective

1. pertaining to coloring or dyeing.

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tinctorial British  

/ tɪŋkˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to colouring, staining, or dyeing

2. imbuing with colour

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Other Word Forms

• tinctorially adverb

Etymology

Origin of tinctorial

1645–55; < Latin tīnctōri ( us ) of or related to dipping, dyeing ( see tinct, -tory ¹) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

For deep shades Diamine blue B G, is preferable, because of its greater tinctorial power.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

Here, then, is a magnificent example of enormous tinctorial power.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

Like the "coccus cacti," it is covered with a whitish dust, and yields a tinctorial matter soluble in water and alcohol.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

From the introduction of aniline yellow in 1863 to the present time, about 150 distinct compounds of this group have been given to the tinctorial industry.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael

How little adequate tinctorial differences by themselves are to settle the chemical identity of a granulation, is at once evident on consideration of the granules of other organs.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.