All 3 Uses of
taint
in
Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini
- But he was wholly convinced of the city's corruption and believed that the best thing would be to raze it and rebuild it without the taint of perversity the religion of Helgrind had infected it with.†
Chpt 17taint = to spoil something so it is not desirable
- Addressing Arya, Glaedr said, Separate your mind from ours, and do not allow Eragon's memories to taint your consciousness.†
Chpt 40 *
- The smell of brimstone tainted the air, and Eragon felt his eyes begin to water.†
Chpt 54tainted = spoiled or contaminated
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.