c 3 o 1 n 1 t 1 a 1 m 3 i 1 n 1 a 1 t 1 e 1
11 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb make impure
verb make radioactive by adding radioactive material
originFirst attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English contaminaten (“to defile; to infect with desease”), from contaminat(e) (“sullied, defiled; infected with desease”, also used as the past participle of contaminaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin contāminātus, the perfect passive participle of contāminō (“to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile”)…
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