† commaculateadj.
Obsolete.
Stained or defiled all over.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > polluted or defiled
wemmed1382
defouledc1440
defiled1530
spotteda1535
gleetous1535
commaculate1570
dreggy1593
inquinated?1593
sullied1683
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained
staineda1382
imbruedc1450
maculate1490
bestained1559
commaculate1570
maculated1646
infected1701
blurred1708
smitted1862
dabbled1887
1570 R. Sempill Maddeis Proclamatioun (single sheet) With blude commaculate.
1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III 9 A Character (not so commaculate and mixt as passionate and purblinde pens have dasht it).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† commaculatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To stain, spot, or defile all over. Chiefly figurative.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pollute or defile
afileeOE
awemOE
filec1175
wemc1175
soila1250
foulc1330
defoula1340
bleckc1380
blemishc1380
pollutea1382
tache1390
sulpa1400
vilec1400
spota1413
stain1446
defilec1450
violate1490
tan1530
smear1549
beray1576
moil1596
discolour1598
smut1601
bespurtle1604
sullya1616
commaculatec1616
decolour?c1622
collutulate1623
deturpate1623
berust1631
smutch1640
discolorate1651
smoot1683
tarnish1695
tar1817
dirten1987
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain
mealeOE
litc1230
beblotc1374
depaintc1374
entachc1374
stain1382
tache1390
wem1398
molec1400
blob1429
blotc1440
imbruec1450
maculate?a1475
thorough-stain1593
commaculatec1616
stigmatizea1637
tattoo1774
staddle1828
bestain1869
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vii. 3046 Sinne, that doth commaculate The soule of man.
1666 J. Collins Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 462 Commaculated with dirt or ink.
1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible iii. 17 Those differences of Readings which..commaculated the holy Text.
Derivatives
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > polluting or defiling
wemming1100
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
pollutionc1422
pollutinga1449
deturpation1490
defiling1585
commaculation1637
defilement1637
sullage1641
infoedation1661
1637 J. Bastwick More Full Answer to Exceptions against Letany 3/1 So farre they were from any commaculation of vice.
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