attainted

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əˈteɪntɪd/ (UK)
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/əˈteɪntɪd/ (UK) · /əˈteɪntəd/

Definition of attainted

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of attaint
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of attaint

adj

  1. Subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions.
    “The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor.”
    “Besides, Suffolk, attainted – stripped of his hereditary title – was no longer a member of the nobility, merely ‘Ed. Rebel’.”
  2. (archaic)Tainted, corrupted.

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Etymology

From attaint + -ed.

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