Tincture can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| tincture - stain or tint with a color; "The leaves were tinctured with a bright red" | ||
| tincture - fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" | ||
Noun |
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| tincture - (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution | ||
| tincture - a substances that colors metals | ||
| tincture - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" | ||
| tincture - an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" |
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| 1. | noun | A tincture of condescension. | |
| 2. | noun | I dwell the longer upon this Subject from the Desire I have to make the Society of an English Yahoo by any Means not insupportable; and therefore I intreat those who have any Tincture of this absurd Vice, that they will not presume to appear in my Sight. | |
| 3. | noun | There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. |
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| A tincture of condescension. |
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| I dwell the longer upon this Subject from the Desire I have to make the Society of an English Yahoo by any Means not insupportable; and therefore I intreat those who have any Tincture of this absurd Vice, that they will not presume to appear in my Sight. | |
| There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. | |