How many syllables in Taint
Word
Taint
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
taint
Definition
- n. - A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- n. - An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being
broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable
or unscientific manner.
- v. i. - To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- v. t. - To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- v. t. - To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- v. t. - To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous,
especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to
corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.
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