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English
Etymology 1
From Old French desteindre.
Verb
distain (third-person singular simple present distains, present participle distaining, simple past and past participle distained)
- (rare) To stain, discolour or tarnish
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:Thence riſe the tears that ſo diſtaine my cheeks,
Fearing his loue through my vnworthyneſſe.
Etymology 2
Noun
distain
- Misspelling of disdain.