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untinctured

untinctured adjective: not tinctured; not tainted or coloured (with or by something).

Adjective

untinctured (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively, often) 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 […]1766, T[obias] Smollett, “Letter VII”, in Travels through France and Italy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC
    • […] two or three little circumstances occurred ere they parted, which, in her anxious interpretation, denoted a recollection of Jane, not untinctured by tenderness, and a wish of saying more that might lead to the mention of her, had he dared.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 2, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

Origin of untinctured

From un- + tinctured.

Questions about untinctured

What does untinctured mean?
Untinctured means not tinctured; not tainted or coloured (with or by something).
What part of speech is untinctured?
Untinctured is an adjective.

Words near untinctured in the dictionary

  1. untimorous
  2. untimous
  3. untin
  4. untinct
  5. untincted
  6. untinctured
  7. untinged
  8. untinkered
  9. untinned
  10. untinning
  11. untins

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