[teɪnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality
(e.g: the lingering taint of creosote)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘convict, prove guilty’): partly from Old French teint ‘tinged’, based on Latin tingere ‘to dye, tinge’; partly a shortening of attaint

[teɪnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- contaminate or pollute (something)
(e.g: the air was tainted by fumes from the cars)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘convict, prove guilty’): partly from Old French teint ‘tinged’, based on Latin tingere ‘to dye, tinge’; partly a shortening of attaint

[teɪnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the perineum


Phrases:

Origin:
1950s: from the contraction of it ain't in humorous phrases referring to the perineum’s position on the body, characterized as being neither the anus nor the genitals