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tincturation

noun

Etymology

From tincture + -ation.

  1. derived from *teng-✻ — “to dip; to soak”
  2. derived from -ure
  3. derived from tīnctūra — “act of dyeing”
  4. inherited from tincture — “a dye, pigment; a colour, hue, tint; process of colouring or dyeing; medicinal ointment or salve (perhaps one discolouring the skin); use of a medicinal tincture; (alchemy) transmutation of base metals into gold; ability to cause such transmutation; substance supposed to cause such transmutation”
  5. suffixed as tincturation — “tincture + ation”

Definitions

  1. The formulation and preparation of a tincture.

  2. Treatment with a tincture.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA