tincture

[ tingk-cher ]

/ ˈtɪŋk tʃər /

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noun

Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.

a slight infusion, as of some element or quality: A tincture of education had softened his rude manners.

a trace; a smack or smattering; tinge: a tincture of irony.

Heraldry. any of the colors, metals, or furs used for the fields, charges, etc., of an escutcheon or achievement of arms.

a dye or pigment.

verb (used with object), tinc·tured, tinc·tur·ing.

to impart a tint or color to; tinge.

to imbue or infuse with something.

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Origin of tincture

1350–1400; Middle English: dye <Latin tīnctūra dyeing. See tinct, -ure

OTHER WORDS FROM tincture

pre·tinc·ture, nounun·tinc·tured, adjective

Words nearby tincture

Tinbergen, tincal, tin can, tinct, tinctorial, tincture, tin cup, Tindal, tinder, tinderbox, tindery

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How to use tincture in a sentence

It won’t replace my gummies or tinctures just yet, but Dad Grass has solidified a place in my CBD routine.
Dad Grass’s Pre-Rolls are the Best Way to Enjoy CBD|Jillian Lucas|July 9, 2021|The Daily Beast
For some, this is the perfect thing to help offset any illegal habits, or just have a better, more natural experience with CBD than with tinctures, supplements, gummies, or drinks.
Dad Grass’s Pre-Rolls are the Best Way to Enjoy CBD|Jillian Lucas|July 9, 2021|The Daily Beast
It’s now easy to find Cordyceps coffee, butter, powder for adding to your smoothies, and as an ingredient in tinctures and extracts.
Meet the Renaissance Man Obsessed with Mushrooms|Doug Bierend|March 10, 2021|Outside Online
Today the plant is mainly used as an infusion or tincture to treat mild cases of depression in the short-term.
Four plants that are scientifically proven to be therapeutic|Sandra Gutierrez G.|January 25, 2021|Popular-Science

I knew that none of them would ever take something more than once a day and that it needed to be a product experience that was way more appealing than a capsule or bitter-tasting tincture.
The founder of wellness startup Mab & Stoke on the growth of ‘pay what you can’ options during the pandemic|Rachel King|September 20, 2020|Fortune
What drew you to the study of philosophy, and how does that subject tincture your fiction?
William H. Gass: How I Write|Noah Charney|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These days, PCP comes dissolved in an oily yellow tincture called “wet.”
The New Rise of PCP|Jeff Deeney|April 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It should not exceed the ounce of tincture: about two drachms may be added after using it for paper.
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
Tincture of guaiac, diluted to a light sherry-wine color (keep in a dark-glass bottle).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
To-night she lingered over a book, reading and musing, with a tincture of gloom in her thought-pictures.
Alone|Marion Harland
Goss and Hale used the tincture of the fresh leaves and so the homœopaths have always used it.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw
Suffused with the Slavonic spirit and its tincture of Orientalism, the importation assumed a character of its own.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks

British Dictionary definitions for tincture

tincture

/ (ˈtɪŋktʃə) /

noun

pharmacol a medicinal extract in a solution of alcohol

a tint, colour, or tinge

a slight flavour, aroma, or trace

any one of the colours or either of the metals used on heraldic arms

obsolete a dye or pigment

verb

(tr) to give a tint or colour to

Word Origin for tincture

C14: from Latin tinctūra a dyeing, from tingere to dye

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