Both Uses
tarnish
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
(Edited)
- Whatever Aro's goal, I don't think he's ready to tarnish the Volturi's reputation for it.
Book 3 *tarnish = damage
- If the coming slaughter was so much more essential to Caius than an untarnished reputation.
Book 3untarnished = undamagedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in untarnished means not and reverses the meaning of tarnished. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(tarnish as in: tarnished silver) undesired loss of shine or spotting on a metal surface
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(2)
(tarnish as in: tarnished her reputation) damage -- usually to reputation or image
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)