[ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol
(e.g: the remedies can be administered in form of tinctures)

- a slight trace of something
(e.g: she could not keep a tincture of bitterness out of her voice)

- any of the conventional colours (including the metals and stains, and often the furs) used in coats of arms


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a dye or pigment): from Latin tinctura ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’. tincture (early 17th century) comes from the obsolete sense ‘imparted quality’, likened to a tint imparted by a dye

[ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be tinged or imbued with a slight amount of
(e.g: Arthur's affability was tinctured with faint sarcasm)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a dye or pigment): from Latin tinctura ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’. tincture (early 17th century) comes from the obsolete sense ‘imparted quality’, likened to a tint imparted by a dye