taint.
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
Meaning & usage
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
A tinge, trace or touch.
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
Tincture; hue; colour.
Infection; corruption; deprivation.
A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French teint, from Old French teint (past participle of teindre (“to dye, to tinge”)), from Latin tinctum (past participle of tingere); compare tint.
To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
To spoil (food) by contamination.
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
Meat soon taints in warm weather.
To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French teint, from Old French teint (past participle of teindre (“to dye, to tinge”)), from Latin tinctum (past participle of tingere); compare tint.
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English taynt, aphetic form of attaynt, atteynt, from Old French atteinte (“a blow, stroke”). Compare with attaint.
To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English taynt, aphetic form of attaynt, atteynt, from Old French atteinte (“a blow, stroke”). Compare with attaint.
The perineum.
Where this word comes from
Reportedly from the phrase “'tain't your balls and 'tain't your ass”. Ascribed to E.E. Landy's Underground Dict. (1972) is the following explanation: ‘'taint their ass and 'taint their pussy.’
Alternative spelling of 'taint.
Where this word comes from
Contraction of it + ain't.
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