All 4 Uses of
taint
in
Gone with the Wind
- Don't you think that maybe God will understand that she wanted to help and won't care if it is tainted?†
Chpt 2.13 *tainted = spoiled or contaminated
- I've sent money to Mother, but Father has sent it back— tainted money, you see!†
Chpt 4.43
- You mean—goodness, Ashley, you didn't swallow all the Reverend Wallace's bellowings about tainted money?†
Chpt 5.57
- "Then, you must think all my money is tainted," cried Scarlett beginning to be angry.†
Chpt 5.57
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, taint is used in a non-negative way to refer to a trace of something.