Associations to the word «Tainted»

Wiktionary

TAINTED, adjective. Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
TAINTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of taint

Dictionary definition

TAINTED, adjective. Touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope