taint
English
/teɪnt/
noun
Definitions
- A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
- A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
- (obsolete) tincture; hue; colour
- (obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation
- (programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
Etymology
Derived from Latin tingere (dye, tinge, paint, colour) borrowed from Old French teint.
Origin
Old French
teint
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- taintable English
- tainter English
- taintest English
- tainteth English
- taintless English
- taintlessly English
- taintlessness English
- tainture English
- taintworm English
- tinge English
- untaint English
- untaintable English
- worm English
- tingere Latin
- tingere Italian
- teint French
- teñir Spanish, Castilian
- *teng- Proto-Indo-European
- taindre Old French
- teint Old French
- tenyir Catalan, Valencian
- tainture Middle French
- tingir Old Portuguese
- tenzi Friulian