1. tincture - Noun
2. tincture - Verb
A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.
To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. Michel de Montaigne
Though I have usually posed as a Catholic, I have not done my duty for 15 years, and have not the slightest tincture of faith left... James Connolly
Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. Daniel Defoe
We are all a sort of camelions, that still take a tincture from things near us. John Locke
We are all a sort of chameleons, that still take a tincture from things near us: nor is it to be wondered at in children, who better understand what they see, than what they hear. John Locke
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship and when they hear us praised by others will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can. Charles Caleb Colton