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maculate

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈmækjʊleɪt/Part of speech adjective, verbSorted aacelmtuStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. spotted or blotched

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • they wolde nat maculate the honour of their people with suche a reproche
  • There was a fresh smell in the air. Sidewalks began to be maculated with spreading areas of dryness
  • That the honour of verteous gentil men, be nocht maculat vitht the vice ande inciuilite of vicius pretendit gentil men.

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