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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024taint /teɪnt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a trace of something bad or offensive:a taint of scandal.
- a trace of infection, decay, or contamination.
v. [~ + object] - to infect, spoil, or contaminate:This meat is tainted.
- to ruin, damage, or spoil (a person's name, etc.):Rumors of bribery tainted his good name.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024taint (tānt),USA pronunciation n. - a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- a trace of infection, contamination, or the like.
- a trace of dishonor or discredit.
- [Obs.]color;
tint.
v.t. - to modify by or as if by a trace of something offensive or deleterious.
- to infect, contaminate, corrupt, or spoil.
- to sully or tarnish (a person's name, reputation, etc.).
- [Obs.]to color or tint.
v.i. - to become tainted;
spoil.
- Late Latin tincta inked stroke, noun, nominal use of feminine of past participle of tingere
- Latin tinctus, equivalent. to ting(ere) to dye, tinge + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action); and teinte
- Anglo-French teint (
- 1325–75; conflation of Middle English taynt, aphetic variant of attaint struck, attainted, past participle of attainten to attaint; late Middle English taynt hue, tint
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged defect, spot, flaw, fault.
- 1, 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged blemish, stain.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged defile, pollute, poison.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: taint /teɪnt/ vb - to affect or be affected by pollution or contamination
- to tarnish (someone's reputation, etc)
n - a defect or flaw
- a trace of contamination or infection
Etymology: 14th Century: (influenced by attaint infected, from attain) from Old French teindre to dye, from Latin tingere to dyeˈtaintless adj |