All 7 Uses of
taint
in
Little Dorrit
- A prison taint was on everything there.
Chpt 1.1 *taint = contamination (making it undesirable)
- The feeling had never induced him to spare her a moment's uneasiness, or to put himself to any restraint or inconvenience on her account; but with that Marshalsea taint upon his love, he loved her.†
Chpt 1.20
- The prison, which could spoil so many things, had tainted Little Dorrit's mind no more than this.†
Chpt 1.35
- A blessing beyond appreciation would be conferred upon mankind, if the tainted, in whose weakness or wickedness these virulent disorders are bred, could be instantly seized and placed in close confinement (not to say summarily smothered) before the poison is communicable.†
Chpt 2.13
- This is now a tainted place, and I well know the taint of it clings to me.†
Chpt 2.29
- This is now a tainted place, and I well know the taint of it clings to me.†
Chpt 2.29
- I will not hear it from your lips, and with the taint of your wickedness upon it.†
Chpt 2.30
Definition:
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(taint) to spoil something so it is not desirable -- as when bacteria contaminates a food; or as when a rumor makes people distrust a person