"tainture" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: taintures [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps taint + -ure; perhaps from Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”). Doublet of teinture, tinctura, and tincture. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|taint|ure}} taint + -ure, {{bor|en|frm|tainture|gloss=dye; dyeing; tincture}} Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”), {{doublet|en|teinture|tinctura|tincture}} Doublet of teinture, tinctura, and tincture Head templates: {{en-noun}} tainture (plural taintures)
  1. (obsolete) Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting. Tags: obsolete

Inflected forms

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