tainture
Noun
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Noun
tainture (plural taintures)
- (obsolete) Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.
- circa 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act II, Scene 1,
- Gloucester, see here the tainture of thy nest,
And look thyself be faultless, thou wert best.
- Gloucester, see here the tainture of thy nest,
- 1637, Joseph Hall (bishop), The Remedy of Prophanenesse, or, Of the True Sight and Feare of the Almighty, London: Nathanael Butter, Book 1, Section 11, p. 83,
- But, woe is me, other creatures are fraile too, none but man is sinfull; our soule is not more excellent, than this tainture of it, is odious, and deadly […]
- circa 1647 John Fletcher (playwright), The Humorous Lieutenant, London: H.N., 1697, Act III, Scene 6, p. 37,
- Dem[etrius]. Now Princes, your demands?
- Sel[eucus]. Peace, if it may be
- Without the too much tainture of our honour:
- circa 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act II, Scene 1,
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