tainture
tainture · taintures
Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, taintingDirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.
Origin
Perhaps taint + -ure; perhaps from Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”). DoublPerhaps taint + -ure; perhaps from Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”). Doublet of teinture, tinctura, and tincture.
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