taint
See also: 'taint
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teɪnt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪnt
Etymology 1
From Latin tingere, tinctum via Anglo-Norman or Old French teint (past participle of teindre (“to dye, to tinge”))
Noun
taint (plural taints)
- A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
- A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
- (obsolete) tincture; hue; colour
- (obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation
- Macaulay
- He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove.
- Macaulay
- (programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
- 2006, Jim Chow, Stanford University. Computer Science Dept, Understanding data lifetime (page 33)
- Using Apache version 1.3.29 and Perl version 5.8.2, we tracked the following sequence of taints […]
- 2006, Jim Chow, Stanford University. Computer Science Dept, Understanding data lifetime (page 33)
Translations
contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
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Verb
taint (third-person singular simple present taints, present participle tainting, simple past and past participle tainted)
- (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- Shakespeare
- His unkindness may defeat my life, / But never taint my love.
- Shakespeare
- (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
- (intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- Shakespeare
- I cannot taint with fear.
- Shakespeare
- (intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- Meat soon taints in warm weather.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- (transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
Translations
To contaminate or corrupt something with an external agent, either physically or morally
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old French atteinte (“a blow, stroke”). Compare with attaint.
Noun
taint (plural taints)
Translations
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect
An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken
Verb
taint (third-person singular simple present taints, present participle tainting, simple past and past participle tainted)
- (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- Massinger
- Do not fear; I have / A staff to taint, and bravely.
- Massinger
- (transitive) To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- Ld. Berners
- They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
- Ld. Berners
- (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
Etymology 3
Reportedly from the phrase “'tain't your balls and 'tain't your ass”. Ascribed to E.E. Landy's Underground Dict. (1972) is the following explanation: ‘'taint their ass and 'taint their pussy.[1]’
Noun
taint (plural taints)
- (slang) The perineum.
- 2000 June 17, "Marc Newman" (username), "Re: Americas are overated", in talk.politics.guns, Usenet:
- Sorry you feel that way. But since your mother sucks cocks in hell if I go there I won't be rotting.....I'll be on line right behind you hoping to get another good head job from your Mom or Sister....if you can remember which is which.......(Moms the one with the beard on her taint)
- 2005 July 14, "Noodles Jefferson" (username), "Re: My Wife's Raw Comments", in rec.sport.pro-wrestling, Usenet:
- Even her taint's raw?
- 2010 February 22, "Duchamanos" (username), "Re: Huck Finn 2010-anyone going?", in rec.sport.disc, Usenet:
- Did you know that guy has absolutely no tan lines? He'll show his taint to prove it!
- 2017, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, HBO:
- Thats right, Alex Jones is trying to sell you sloppy wet rags for your tait [sic]. And-- and when you are done wiping down the area between your genitals and anus with a glorified wet nap...
- And look-- look, this tactical taint wipe has demonstrated incredible results, hasn't it, Doctor?
- 2000 June 17, "Marc Newman" (username), "Re: Americas are overated", in talk.politics.guns, Usenet:
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