unblemished en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English blemished English unblemished From un- + blemished.
Meanings
- Lacking blemishes; faultless.
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(figuratively) Free from corruption or evil.
The lake country is a holiday paradise. All the water sports are practiced. Life is lively without being raucous, the landscape is unblemished by gas stations, souvenir stands, or hot-doggeries.
1967, Lawrence Martin, Sylvia Martin, “[Austria] The Vacationland”, in Europe: The Grand Tour! An Uncommon Guide, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 304:His own estate it most decidedly was, for he had paid for it with his own money; but it had not descended to him from a long line of unblemished ancestry.
1865, Florence Marryat, “Rex Reverdon”, in “Too Good for Him.” […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unblemished | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unblemished | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| unblemisht | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unblemishedness · unblemishedly
Translations (18)
fi tahraton (free from corruption or evil) · fi tahraton (lacking blemishes) · hu makulátlan (free from corruption or evil) · bo དྲི་མེད (lacking blemishes) · sv fläckfri (lacking blemishes) · de fehlerlos (lacking blemishes) · bo དྲི་མེད (free from corruption or evil) · es acendrado (lacking blemishes) · ga gan on (lacking blemishes) · hu hibátlan (lacking blemishes) · hu szeplőtelen (free from corruption or evil) · bg неопетнен (lacking blemishes) · mi harakore (free from corruption or evil) · es inmaculado (lacking blemishes) · hu feddhetetlen (free from corruption or evil) · bg непорочен (free from corruption or evil) · mi parakore (lacking blemishes) · de unbeschädigt (lacking blemishes)