distained
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]distained
- (rare) simple past and past participle of distain
Adjective
[edit]distained (comparative more distained, superlative most distained)
- (rare) stained, discoloured, tarnished
- 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
- The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.