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maculate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmækjʊleɪt/
  • /ˈmækjʊlət/
  • /ˈmækjələt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, poetic) Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
  2. (archaic, poetic) Defiled, impure.
    • [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. 1998 May 25, The New Republic:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most maculate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more maculate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (7)

bg покрит с петна (Marked with spots or maculae; blotched) · nl vlekkerig (Marked with spots or maculae; blotched) · ru пятни́стый (Marked with spots or maculae; blotched) · fr impur (Defiled; impure) · nl gespikkeld (Marked with spots or maculae; blotched) · es macular (Marked with spots or maculae; blotched) · ru гря́зный (Defiled; impure)

wikipedia: Middle English

maculate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmækjʊleɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. To spot; to stain; to blur.
    • they wolde nat maculate the honour of their people with suche a reproche 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
    • There was a fresh smell in the air. Sidewalks began to be maculated with spreading areas of dryness 1918, Louis Joseph Vance, “Chapter 21”, in The False Faces:
  2. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of maculate
    form of maculate
    • That the honour of verteous gentil men, be nocht maculat vitht the vice ande inciuilite of vicius pretendit gentil men. c. 1550, The Complaynt of Scotland:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
maculating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maculated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maculated Tense=Past lexicographic
maculates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

maculism · bimaculate

Relateds

immaculate · macula

Translations (5)

fr maculer (To spot; to stain; to blur) · bg опетнявам (To spot; to stain; to blur) · es macular (To spot; to stain; to blur) · ru па́чкать (To spot; to stain; to blur) · ru загрязнять (To spot; to stain; to blur)

wikipedia: Middle English