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Definitions
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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