[ 'tɪŋ(k)tʃə ]
■ noun
1》 a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol.
2》 a slight trace.
3》 Heraldry any of the conventional colours used in coats of arms.
■ verb ( be ~d ) be tinged or imbued with a slight trace: his affability was ~d with slight sarcasm.
Origin
ME (denoting a dye or pigment): from L. tinctura 'dyeing', from tingere 'to dye or colour'.