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taintures

taintures is the plural of tainture.

Meaning of tainture

Noun

tainture (plural taintures)

  1. (obsolete) Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.
    • Gloster, ſee here the Taincture of thy Neſt,
      And looke thy ſelfe be faultleſſe, thou wert beſt.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about taintures

What is taintures the plural of?
Taintures is the plural of tainture.

Words near taintures in the dictionary

  1. taintor
  2. taintors
  3. taintproof
  4. taints
  5. tainture
  6. taintures
  7. Tainui
  8. taioba
  9. Taioha'e
  10. Taiohae
  11. Taiowa

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