maculate

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare (“to spot”).

Verb

maculate (third-person singular simple present maculat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle maculated)

1. To spot; to stain; to blur.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir T. Elyot and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Maculate the honour of their people.

Translations

To spot; to stain; to blur

• Russian: загрязнять (ru) (zagrjaznjatʹ), па́чкать (ru) (páčkatʹ)
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Adjective

maculate (comparative more maculate, superlative most maculate)

1. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
   • 1994 July 25, Jack Winter, “How I met my wife”, in The New Yorker:

     Fortunately, the embarrassment that my maculate appearance might cause was evitable.

2. Defiled; impure.
   • 1998 May 25, in The New Republic:

     [Les Misérables is] about the struggle of a mistreated man as he rises to the top, along with a mortal conflict between this maculate virtuous man and an immaculate pursuing demon.

Translations

Marked with spots or maculae; blotched

• Russian: пятни́стый (ru) (pjatnístyj)
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Defiled; impure

• French: impur (fr)
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• Russian: гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj)

References

• “maculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Italian

Adjective

maculate

1. feminine plural of maculato

Anagrams

• calumate

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) maculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of maculātus