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Etymology
Perhaps taint + -ure; perhaps from Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”). Doublet of tincture.[1]
Noun
tainture (plural taintures)
- (obsolete) Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.
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 Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Gloucester, see here the tainture of thy nest,
And look thyself be faultless, thou wert best.
1637, Joseph Hall, The Remedy of Prophanenesse, or, Of the True Sight and Feare of the Almighty, London: Nathanael Butter, Book 1, Section 11, p. 83:But, woe is me, other creatures are fraile too, none but man is sinfull; our soule is not more excellent, than this tainture of it, is odious, and deadly […]
(Can we date this quote?), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Humorous Lieutenant”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene vi, page 37:Dem[etrius]. Now Princes, your demands?
Sel[eucus]. Peace, if it may be
Without the too much tainture of our honour:
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