• Attainted

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /əˈteɪntɪd/

    Origin

    From attaint + -ed.

    Verb

    attainted
    1. attainted

      (past of attaint)

    Full definition of attainted

    Adjective

    attainted

    1. Subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions.
      • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 383:The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor.
      • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 228:Besides, Suffolk, attainted – stripped of his hereditary title – was no longer a member of the nobility, merely ‘Ed. Rebel’.
    2. (now rare) Tainted, corrupted.
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