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See 'taint

English

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

From {{term|atteinte||a blow, bit, stroke}}. Compare with .

Noun

  1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
  2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.


Translations

Etymology 2

From , via (past participle of {{term|teindre||to dye, to tinge}})

Noun

  1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
  2. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character


Translations

Verb

  1. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
  2. To spoil (food) by contamination.


Translations
  • German:
  • German:

Etymology 3

from " 'tain't your balls and 'tain't your ass."

Noun

  1. The perineum.
Translations

et:taint fa:taint io:taint hu:taint ta:taint te:taint vi:taint zh:taint

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taint \Taint\, n.
1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.]
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2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.
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He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous
taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to
remove. --Macaulay.
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3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taint \Taint\, v. t.
Aphetic form of Attaint.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taint \Taint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tainted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tainting.]
To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taint \Taint\, v. t.
1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or
unscientific manner. [Obs.]
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Do not fear; I have
A staff to taint, and bravely. --Massinger.
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2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.]
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They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
--Ld. Berners.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taint \Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge,
fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See Tinge, and cf. Tint.]
1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous,
especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous;
hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid
substance taint the air.
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2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
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His unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love. --Shak.
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Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect;
disease; vitiate; poison.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taint \Taint\, n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See
Attaint.]
1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
[Obs.]
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This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a
silver sheath. --Chapman.
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2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its
being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter
in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taint \Taint\, v. i.
1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.
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I can not taint with fear. --Shak.
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2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon
taints in warm weather.
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WordNet taint
n : the state of being contaminated [syn: contamination]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, cloud]
2: contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn: infect]
[ant: disinfect]
Moby Dictionary
abuse , adulterate , aerial infection , afflict , aggrieve ,
airborne infection , alloy , aroma , aspersion , attaint , attribute ,
badge , badge of infamy , bar sinister , baton , bedaub , befoul ,
benasty , bend sinister , besmear , besmirch , besmoke , bespatter ,
bestain , bewitch , black eye , black mark , blacken , blemish , blight ,
bloodstain , blot , blotch , blow upon , blur , brand , broad arrow , bug ,
cachet , canker , carrier , cast , catch , censure , champain , character ,
characteristic , cheapen , cloud , coarsen , communicability , condemn ,
configuration , confound , contagion , contagiousness , contaminate ,
contamination , corrupt , crack , crucify , cryptogenic infection ,
curse , cut , dab , damage , darken , dash , daub , debase , debauch ,
defame , defect , defection , deficiency , defile , deflower ,
degenerate , degrade , denature , deprave , desecrate , despoil ,
destroy , devalue , differentia , differential , direct infection ,
dirty , disadvantage , disapprove , discolor , discredit , disease ,
dishonor , disparage , disparagement , disserve , distinctive feature ,
distort , distress , do a mischief , do evil , do ill , do wrong ,
do wrong by , doom , drawback , droplet infection , dust infection ,
earmark , envenom , epidemiology , expose , expose to infamy , eyesore ,
failing , failure , fault , faute , feature , figure , flavor , flaw ,
fleck , flick , flyspeck , foible , foul , frailty , get into trouble ,
gibbet , gust , hallmark , hand infection , hang in effigy , harass ,
harm , hex , hint , hole , hurt , idiocrasy , idiosyncrasy , impair ,
imperfection , impress , impression , imputation , inadequacy , index ,
indirect infection , individualism , infect , infection ,
infectiousness , infirmity , infusion , injure , inkling , intimation ,
jinx , keynote , kink , lineaments , little problem , macula ,
maculation , macule , maltreat , mannerism , mark , mark of Cain ,
marking , menace , mess , mess up , mistreat , misuse , mold , molest ,
muddy , nasty , nature , odor , onus , outrage , particularity , patch ,
peculiarity , persecute , pervert , phytogenic infection , pillory ,
pillorying , play havoc with , play hob with , point champain , poison ,
pollute , prejudice , primary infection , problem , property ,
prostitute , pyogenic infection , quality , quirk , ravage , ravish ,
reflection , reprimand , reproach , rift , ruin , sauce , savage , savor ,
scar , scathe , scorch , seal , sear , seasoning , secondary infection ,
shade , shape , shortcoming , singe , singularity , slubber , slur ,
smack , smear , smirch , smoke , smouch , smudge , smut , smutch , snag ,
soil , something missing , soupcon , spatter , specialty , speck ,
speckle , spice , splash , splatter , splotch , spoil , spot , sprinkling ,
stain , stamp , stigma , stigmatism , stigmatization , stigmatize ,
subclinical infection , suggestion , sully , suspicion , tang , tar ,
tarnish , taste , tempering , thought , threaten , tinct , tincture ,
tinge , tint , token , torment , torture , touch , trace , trait , trick ,
twist , ulcerate , vector , vestige , vilify , violate , virus , vitiate ,
vulgarize , vulnerable place , warp , waterborne infection , weak link ,
weak point , weakness , wound , wreak havoc on , wrong ,
zoogenic infection


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