tincture

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tincture  /ˈtɪŋk tʃər/ ? Meaning of "tincture"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) a substances that colors metals
  2. (n) an indication that something has been present
  3. (n) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  4. (n) (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
  5. (v) fill, as with a certain quality
  6. (v) stain or tint with a color

Synonym(s)

tint, tone, shadow, trace, vestige, impregnate

Derived Word(s)

tinge

Usage(s):

  1. Quieting suspicions of mercurochrome's usefulness, she declared that a 2% tincture of mercurochrome stops the growth of germs on the human skin better than a 7% tincture of iodine.
  2. She gets hold of a Slocum's Chemistry Set for Girls and is soon jowl-deep in strychnine, stabbings, a mousetrap baited with tincture of curare.
  3. You'll also find, in this seemingly obsequious guide, a tincture of feminist, even postfeminist, rebellion.

Quotes

  1. Bacon warned: "The human understanding resembles not a dry light, but admits a tincture of the will and passions, which generate their own system accordingly: for man always believes more readily that which he prefers:. In short, his feelings imbue...
    on Jul 5, 2007 By: Francis Bacon Source: Los Angeles Times

  2. In politics, Aristotle wrote, we must expect "a tincture of virtue."
    on Feb 16, 2007 By: Aristotle Source: American Enterprise Institute

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