tainted (part. and < Copy link • tainted (part. and adj.): v. to taint: the t. air, aer non sanus, Lucan 7, 830. Of meat: rancidus: a t. boar, r. aper, Hor. Sat. 2, 2, 89: slightly t. meat, caro subrancida, Cic. Pis. 27, 67: rancidula obsonia, Juv. 11, 134.