tincture
noun
[ ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə ]
• a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol.
• "the remedies can be administered in form of tinctures"
• a slight trace of something.
• "she could not keep a tincture of bitterness out of her voice"
Similar:
trace,
note,
tinge,
touch,
dash,
suggestion,
hint,
bit,
scintilla,
impression,
air,
savour,
flavour,
element,
strand,
streak,
vein,
overtone,
suspicion,
soupçon,
whisper,
whiff,
• any of the conventional colours (including the metals and stains, and often the furs) used in coats of arms.
tincture
verb
• be tinged or imbued with a slight amount of.
• "Arthur's affability was tinctured with faint sarcasm"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a dye or pigment): from Latin tinctura ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’. tincture (sense 2 of the noun) (early 17th century) comes from the obsolete sense ‘imparted quality’, likened to a tint imparted by a dye.
