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untinctured

adj

Etymology

From un- + tinctured.

  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 tinctured — “tincture + ed”
  6. prefixed as untinctured — “un + tinctured”

Definitions

  1. Not tinctured

    Not tinctured; not tainted or coloured (with or by something)

    • It is no wonder that the heart of a female, unimproved by reason, and untinctured with natural good sense, should flutter at the sight of such a gaudy thing […]
    • Perhaps out of England such an intimacy could hardly have existed—an intimacy so utterly untinctured not only by passion itself but by the suspicion of it.

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