Definition of Tarnished

1. Verb. (past of tarnish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tarnished

1. tarnish [v] - See also: tarnish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarnished

tarmac
tarmacadam
tarmacadamed
tarmacadaming
tarmacadams
tarmacked
tarmacking
tarmacs
tarn
tarnal
tarnally
tarnation
tarnations
tarnish
tarnishable
tarnished (current term)
tarnished plant bug
tarnisher
tarnishers
tarnishes
tarnishing
tarnisht
tarns
taro
taro plant
taro root
taroc
tarocs
tarogato
tarok

Literary usage of Tarnished

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"FALSE tarnished PLANT-BUG Lygus invitus Say This close relative of the tarnished plant-bug has for many years caused considerable loss to the pear growers ..."

2. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"A tarnished sovereign and a tarnished half-crown being laid on the same copper ... By selecting a half-penny very much tarnished, and letting it remain five ..."

3. History of Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1885)
"... IN MICHOACAN—tarnished REPUTATION OF RAMON RAYON—THE FIVE YEARS' SIEGE OF MESC. ... tarnished ..."

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