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English
Etymology
From attaint + -ed.
Pronunciation
Verb
attainted
- simple past and past participle of attaint
Adjective
attainted (comparative more attainted, superlative most attainted)
- Subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions.
2000, George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam, published 2011, page 383:The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor.
2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 228:Besides, Suffolk, attainted – stripped of his hereditary title – was no longer a member of the nobility, merely ‘Ed. Rebel’.
- (now rare) Tainted, corrupted.
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