CONTAMINATE, CONTAMINATED, CONTAMINATION
ADJECTIVES
► FLYBLOWN contaminated; tainted → 1573
NOUNS
► MYSOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of contamination or uncleanliness, as of soiling one’s hands by touching anything → 1879
VERBS
► BESMIT to contaminate, to infect, as with disease → a1225 obs.
► DETURPATE to contaminate, to defile, to disfigure, to pollute; to debase → 1623 obs.
► INQUINATE to contaminate, to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to befoul → 1542 obs.
► RUST to corrupt or contaminate morally or physically; to taint; to infect → 1493
► SMIT to defile; to taint with pride a vice, etc.; to contaminate morally → 1000 obs.
► SMITTLE to infect; to contaminate → 1625 chiefly Eng. dial.
► TANG to contaminate → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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