单词 | tainted |
释义 | taintedadj. 1. a. Stained, tinged; contaminated, infected, corrupted; touched with putrefaction or incipient decay; affected with some corrupting influence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective] sickc960 foulOE unwholec1000 thewlessa1327 corrupt1340 viciousc1340 unwholesomec1374 infecta1387 rustyc1390 unsound?a1400 rottenc1400 rotten-heartedc1405 cankereda1450 infectedc1449 wasted1483 depravate?1520 poisoned1529 deformed1555 poisonous1555 reprobate1557 corrupted1563 prave1564 base-minded1573 tainted1577 Gomorrhean1581 vice-like1589 depraved1593 debauched1598 deboshedc1598 tarish1601 sunk1602 speckled1603 deboist1604 diseased1608 ulcerous1611 vitial1614 debauchc1616 deboise1632 pravous1653 depravea1711 unhealthy1821 scrofulous1842 septic1914 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied forrottedc897 foulOE rotted?c1225 rottena1250 corruptc1380 enraged1398 putrefieda1413 purulent?a1425 putrid?a1425 ranka1425 rottenly1435 corrupped1533 corruptious1559 attainted1573 rot1573 putrefacted1574 baggage1576 tainted1577 pourryc1580 corruptive1593 putrilaginous1598 putrefactious1609 taint1620 putid1660 rottenish1691 septic1746 corrupted1807 mullocky1839 rotty1872 seething1875 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > corrupt or putrid rottingeOE foulOE rotted?c1225 rottena1250 corruptc1380 putrefieda1413 putrid?a1425 ranka1425 rottenly1435 pourryc1450 moskin1531 corrupped1533 corrupting1567 attainted1573 rot1573 putrefacted1574 baggage1576 tainted1577 pury1602 putrefactious1609 putrefactive1610 taint1620 putrescent1624 festerous1628 putid1660 scandalous1676 rottenish1691 putrefying1746–7 septic1746 corrupted1807 decomposing1833 decomposed1846 seething1875 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 43 He thinkes it better to let that [corn] alone that is alredy corrupted, and..when so euer ye neede to occupie it, to take away that is taynted, and to vse the rest. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta iv. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmmv/2 Treason, and tainted thoughts, are all the Gods Thou worship'st. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. iv. 22 Host... And speakes a little taynted, fly-blowne Latin, After the Schoole. Bea. Of Stratford o' the Bow. For Lillies Latine, is to him vnknown. 1709 J. Swift Project Advancem. Relig. 11 Women of tainted Reputations. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 489 Through burning Climes I pass'd unhurt, And breath'd in tainted Air. 1821 W. Wordsworth Virgin in Eccl. Sonn. Woman! above all women glorified, Our tainted nature's solitary boast. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iv. 243 In what manner charcoal boiled with tainted meat can affect the interior. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 454 That these statements were tainted evidence, because they came from accomplices. b. Having a taint of disease; infected with latent disease. Cf. taint n.1 6b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 113 I am a tainted weather of the flocke, meetest for death. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 3 Nor fear a Rott from tainted Company. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 924 Children of parents engaged in the manufacture of matches and tainted with phosphorism. 2. Imbued with the scent of an animal (usually a hunted animal). Cf. blemish n. 4 Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] strongOE savouringc1384 breatheda1398 flairinga1400 smellinga1400 odorifere?a1425 odorous?a1425 smellablec1449 odoranta1465 odoriferousc1487 odiferousa1500 odoureda1500 odiferant1509 redolent?a1513 reflairing1523 odoriferantc1550 scenting1577 odorable1589 breathful1593 fat1598 olent1607 smelled1617 odorific1685 tainted1704 odourful1889 osmic1912 1704 J. Addison Campaign 122 So the stanch Hound the trembling Deer Pursues, And smells his footsteps in the tainted dews. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 196 What modes..Of smell, the headlong Lioness between, And Hound sagacious on the tainted green. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 6 [The stag] A moment snuffed the tainted gale. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > staining > [adjective] > stained imbruedc1450 stained1560 tainted1797 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 715/2 They also use a kind of paper for drawing, which is called tainted paper. Compounds tainted goods n. goods which have been made or handled by non-trade-unionists. ΚΠ 1914 Conc. Oxf. Dict. Suppl. Tainted goods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1577 |
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