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Definition of Tainture
1. n. Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.
Definition of Tainture
1. Noun. (obsolete) dirtiness; uncleanliness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tainture
1. defilement [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tainture
Literary usage of Tainture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A complete dictionary of the English languageby Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1797)
"... To Take UF> to bo.ftjw upon credit or ipte- tainture, tà'ntûr. f. T»¡nt, tinge,
defilement. To TAKE, tS'ke. vn To direft the ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"Insomuch, as the same tainture and whirlwind of religion, in an instant, miserably
involved and laid waste Brabant, Flanders, Holland, ..."
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