tainture

English

Etymology

taint + -ure?

Noun

tainture (plural taintures)

  1. (obsolete) dirtiness; uncleanliness
    • William Shakespeare
      Gloucester, see here the tainture of thy nest,
      And look thyself be faultless, thou wert best.

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