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tainting
We have found lemma(root) word of tainting : taint.
Definitions
[teɪnt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality
(e.g: the lingering taint of creosote)
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Origin
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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)
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Origin
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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
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Origin
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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
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