taint´ed|ness

taint´ed|ness
taint|ed «TAYN tihd», adjective.
1. affected with any taint; stained, tinged, contaminated, infected, corrupted, or depraved: »

The death toll from tainted liquor in Spain rose to 22…and officials feared that it would go higher (New York Times).

2. Archaic. smelling of an animal's scent.
taint´ed|ly, adverb.
taint´ed|ness, noun.

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