All 3 Uses
taint
in
Sweat, by Zora Neale Hurston
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- Taint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it aint in 'im.†
taint = to spoil something so it is not desirable
- Taint no use uh you puttin' on airs makin' out lak you skeered uh dat snake—he's gointer stay right heah tell he die.†
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- If things aint right, Gawd knows taint mah fault.†
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) Much more rarely, taint is used in a non-negative way to refer to a trace of something.