tainture

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting. obsolete
    — Gloster, ſee here the Taincture of thy Neſt, And looke thy ſelfe be faultleſſe, thou wert beſt.

词形变化

taintures plural

词源

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