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語源 1

From Middle French teint, from Old French teint (past participle of teindre (“to dye, to tinge”)), from Latin tinctum (past participle of tingere); compare tint.

名詞

taint (plural taints)

1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

   Synonyms: adulterant, contamination, pollutant; see also Thesaurus:contaminant

2. A tinge, trace or touch.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 216:

     There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies, - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget.

3. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
4. (obsolete) Tincture; hue; colour.
5. (obsolete) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
   • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     A prison taint was on everything there. The imprisoned air, the imprisoned light, the imprisoned damps, the imprisoned men, were all deteriorated by confinement.

   • 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:

     He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove.

6. (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 […]

派生語

動詞

taint (third-person singular simple present taints, present participle tainting, simple past and past participle tainted)

1. (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     His unkindness may defeat my life, / But never taint my love.

2. (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
3. (intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

     I cannot taint with fear.

4. (intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.

   Meat soon taints in warm weather.

5. (transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
6. (transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.

同意語

• (to contaminate): leper (rare)

関連する語

• tainture

語源 2

From 中期英語 taynt, aphetic form of attaynt, atteynt, from Old French atteinte (“a blow, stroke”). Compare with attaint.

名詞

taint (plural taints)

1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
   • 1857, Homerus, translated by George Chapman, The Iliads: Never Before in Any Language Truly Translated, page 74:

     This taint he follow'd with his sword, drawn from a silver sheath, Which lifting high, he struck his helm full where his plume did stand, On which it piecemeal brake, and fell from his unhappy hand.

2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

動詞

taint (third-person singular simple present taints, present participle tainting, simple past and past participle tainted)

1. (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
   • 1624 November 3 (first performance), Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in W[illiam] Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, […], volume II, London: […] G[eorge] and W[illiam] Nicol; […] by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co. […], published 1805, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, page 293:

     Do not fear; I have / A staff to taint, and bravely.

2. (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

語源 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.’

名詞

taint (plural taints)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) The perineum.
   • 2000 June 17, Marc Newman, “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, “Re: My Wife's Raw Comments”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling‎ (Usenet):

     Even her taint's raw?

   • 2010 February 22, Duchamanos, “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?

語源 4

Contraction of it +‎ ain't.

短縮形

taint

1. Alternative spelling of 'taint.

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “taint”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “taint”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• Nitta, Tanit, Titan, nitta, tinta, titan

短縮形

'taint

1. Contraction of it ain't.
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary:

     “’Taint no need botherin her, then. You kin come around in the mawnin ...
     “’Taint no need of that,” Snopes said, take I’ll take you back to Memphis Sunday.

使用する際の注意点

• Typically used in clause-initial position where standard speech registers would use a phrase beginning with there:

  There's no need of that.

参考

• ’tisn’t

アナグラム

• Nitta, Tanit, Titan, nitta, tinta, titan