tincture

== English == === Etymology === The 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. The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə/, /ˈtɪŋktjʊə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɪŋ(k)t͡ʃɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋktʃə(ɹ) Hyphenation: tinct‧ure === Noun === tincture (plural tinctures) 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. [15th–19th c.] (by extension) 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. (heraldry) A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms. Hyponyms: colour, stain, metal, fur (obsolete) The act of colouring or dyeing. (figuratively) A slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge. A small flaw; a blemish, a stain. (Christianity) Synonym of baptism. Scientific and alchemical senses. (pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent. Hyponym: laudanum tincture of iodine;   tincture of cannabis;   tincture of opium (by extension, humorous) A (small) alcoholic drink. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage Hyponym: absinthe (obsolete except historical) (alchemy) 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. (chemistry) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== rule of tincture tincture of steel Warburg's tincture ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tincture (third-person singular simple present tinctures, present participle tincturing, simple past and past participle tinctured) (transitive) (chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment. (figuratively, chiefly in past participle form) 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. (pharmacy) To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture. (intransitive, rare) To have a taint or tinge of some quality. ==== Derived terms ==== tincturation tinctured (adjective) tincturing (adjective, noun) untinctured ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === tincture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tincture (heraldry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Tincture”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 48, column 2. === Anagrams === intercut == Latin == === Participle === tīnctūre vocative masculine singular of tīnctūrus