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tarnish |ˈtärniSH| verb lose or cause to lose luster, esp. as a result of exposure to air or moisture: [ no obj. ] : silver tarnishes too easily | [ with obj. ] : lemon juice would tarnish the gilded metal. • make or become less valuable or respected: [ with obj. ] : his regime had not been tarnished by human rights abuses. noun dullness of color; loss of brightness. • a film or stain formed on an exposed surface of a mineral or metal. • damage or harm done to something. DERIVATIVES tarnishable adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb): from French terniss-, lengthened stem of ternir, from terne ‘dark, dull.’ Copyright 2024
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Original Message: Dictionary definition of "tarnish."
tarnish \|ˈtärniSH\| verb lose or cause to lose luster, esp. as a result of exposure to air or moisture: [ no obj. ] : silver tarnishes too easily \| [ with obj. ] : lemon juice would tarnish the gilded metal. • make or become less valuable or respected: [ with obj. ] : his regime had not been tarnished by human rights abuses. noun dullness of color; loss of brightness. • a film or stain formed on an exposed surface of a mineral or metal. • damage or harm done to something. DERIVATIVES tarnishable adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb): from French terniss-, lengthened stem of ternir, from terne ‘dark, dull.’ Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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