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unsmirched en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + smirched.

Meanings

1. Not having been smirched; unbesmirched.
   • Gossip and rumor left no frailty undiscovered, no reputation unsmirched. 1903, Carter Goodloe, Calvert of Strathore:
   • You are English boys, you will remain English boys, and you will keep that name unsmirched. 1889, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, New York, N.Y.: Charles L. Webster & Company, →OCLC:
   • Hadleyburg was the most honest and upright town in all the region round about. It had kept that reputation unsmirched during three generations, and was prouder of it than of any other of its possessions. 1899 December, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg. Chapter I.”, in The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published 1900, →OCLC, page 1:
   • Dick is a good fellow and very fond of me, but, although you might not think it, he is almost absurdly proud of the family name and its unsmirched record. 1918, William Magnay, The Hunt Ball Mystery:

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