tincture

/tingkchr/

  • noun 1 a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol. 2 a slight trace. 3 Heraldry any of the conventional colours used in coats of arms.

  • verb (be tinctured) be tinged or flavoured with a slight trace of.

  — ORIGIN Latin tinctura ‘dyeing’.

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