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"(obsolete) Tincture; hue; colour."
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"sense": "To contaminate or corrupt something with an external agent, either physically or morally",
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"sense": "To spoil food by contamination",
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"sense": "To spoil food by contamination",
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"sense": "To spoil food by contamination",
"word": "guastare"
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"(intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting."
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"glosses": [
"The perineum."
],
"links": [
[
"perineum",
"perineum#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, vulgar, slang) The perineum."
],
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"vulgar"
]
}
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"ipa": "/teɪnt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪnt"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
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},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/En-au-taint.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slang: the perineum",
"word": "väliliha"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nac̣q̇li",
"sense": "slang: the perineum",
"word": "ნაწყლი"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "slang: the perineum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrukk"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slang: the perineum",
"word": "nies"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slang: the perineum",
"word": "frontón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slang: the perineum",
"word": "sartén"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "slang: the perineum",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mellangård"
}
],
"word": "taint"
}
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"English 1-syllable words",
"English contractions",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/eɪnt",
"Rhymes:English/eɪnt/1 syllable"
],
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"lang": ""
},
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},
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},
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"args": {
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"head": ""
},
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},
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"args": {},
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{
"word": "'taint"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of 'taint"
],
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"'taint",
"'taint#English"
]
],
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"rhymes": "-eɪnt"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
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],
"word": "taint"
}
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