tincture: meaning and definitions

A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.

An imparted color; a tint.

A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.

A trace or vestige: "a faint tincture of condescension” ( Robert Craft).

An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of iodine.

Heraldry A metal, color, or fur.

To stain or tint with a color.

To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate.