Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Free from taint or infection; pure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Free from taint or infection; pure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
spotless ; totally clean; free fromblemish
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Examples
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title should be 'taintless' right, not 'tainless'?
A Tip of the Helmet: Taintless in 2010 BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Think on the taintless hearts thy dross defiled, —
The Age Reviewed 2010
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I too yearn for the day when we can recognize the taintless overhauling of a trans-gendered's French bottom bracket as the most sublime of occasions.
Give It Up: The Best Gift is Nothing at All BikeSnobNYC 2009
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O mendicants! throw off that taint and become taintless!
Give It Up: The Best Gift is Nothing at All BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Beats down our foes, to flesh our taintless swords?
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This loveliest earth with taintless body and mind;
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O mendicants! throw off that taint, and become taintless!
The Dhammapada 2003
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Against the stone she leans shrouded by taintless scent,
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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This loveliest earth with taintless body and mind;
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Let it fly, taintless Spirit, to mingle with thee.
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