tinctionEtymologyBorrowed from Latin tinctiō (“a soaking, dipping”).tinction means A stain; a preparation for staining. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA stain; a preparation for staining.“[…] not color as well as at others, even when fresh covering-glass specimens are made and exactly the same tinctions used.”