/
ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə/
n.
- a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol.
- a slight trace.
- Heraldry any of the conventional colours used in coats of arms.
v.
(
be tinctured)
be tinged or imbued with a slight trace:
his affability was tinctured with slight sarcasm.
Etymology
ME (denoting a dye or pigment): from L. tinctura ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’.