All 3 Uses of
taint
in
A Room With A View
- "Remember," he was saying, "the facts about this church of Santa Croce; how it was built by faith in the full fervour of medievalism, before any taint of the Renaissance had appeared.†
Chpt 2taint = to spoil something so it is not desirable
- Yes, but she is purging off the Honeychurch taint, most excellent Honeychurches, but you know what I mean.†
Chpt 11 *
- He had robbed the body of its taint, the world's taunts of their sting; he had shown her the holiness of direct desire.†
Chpt 19
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.