tincture
pronunciation
How to pronounce tincture in British English:
UK [ˈtɪŋktʃə(r)]
How to pronounce tincture in American English:
US [ˈtɪŋktʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- a substances that colors metals
- an indication that something has been present
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color
- (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
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- Verb:
- fill, as with a certain quality
- stain or tint with a color
Word Origin
- tincture
- tincture: see tinge
- tincture (n.)
- c. 1400, "a coloring, dye," from Latin tinctura "act of dyeing or tingeing," from tinctus "dye," past participle of tingere "to tinge, dye, soak in color," originally merely "to moisten, wet, soak," from PIE root *teng- "to soak" (cognates: Old High German dunkon "to soak," Greek tengein "to moisten"). Meaning "solution of medicine in a mixture of alcohol" is first recorded 1640s. The verb is recorded from 1610s. Related: Tinctured.
Example
- 1. Preparation and application of tincture against tinea .
- 2. Overview : the division licorice tincture mainly produced in northeast china , licorice , licorice obtained by ethanol extraction tincture .
- 3. This 2-part formula includes vegetable capsules and a tincture .
- 4. Overview : the division bean flower tincture mainly produced in henan province of china bean flowers , bean obtained by ethanol extraction flower tincture .
- 5. Overview : the division fenugreek tincture mainly produced in yunnan , fenugreek fruit , obtained by ethanol extraction fenugreek tincture .