English Explanatory Dictionary

tainture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.

Word forms

tainture taintures

Etymology

Perhaps taint + -ure; perhaps from Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”). Doublet of teinture, tinctura, and tincture.

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