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单词 maculate
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maculaten.

Forms: late Middle English maculate, 1500s maculat.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: maculate adj.; Latin maculātus.
Etymology: < maculate adj. or its etymon classical Latin maculātus.
Obsolete. rare.
A blemish, an imperfection. Also in extended use.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > a stain or slur
spota1225
umberc1380
blotc1386
maculate1490
touch1508
blemish1526
blur1548
attaint1592
stain1594
attainder1597
tachec1610
sullya1616
tainta1616
smutch1648
slur1662
woad1663
a blot on an escutcheon1697
blotch1860
smear1943
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 102 Thenne shall my shame be socoured, and the maculates taken from me.
1573 in A. Peel Seconde Parte Reg. (1915) I. 113 ‘You saied in your sermon at Paules crosse, that there were certain maculats in our ministrye.’ ‘Indeed, I saide there were certaine maculats in our ministerie, yet ought they not to be removed by privat, but by publique authoritie.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

maculateadj.

Brit. /ˈmakjᵿlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmækjələt/
Forms: late Middle English– maculate; also Scottish pre-1700 maculait, pre-1700 maculat.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin maculātus, maculāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin maculātus, past participle of maculāre (see maculate v.). Compare maculate v.
Spotted, stained, soiled; defiled; = maculated adj. (Now chiefly literary and poetic, in expressed or implied antithesis to immaculate.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained
staineda1382
imbruedc1450
maculate1490
bestained1559
commaculate1570
maculated1646
infected1701
blurred1708
smitted1862
dabbled1887
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [adjective] > stained or sullied
smoterlyc1405
spotted?a1425
maculate1490
blotted1596
staineda1628
maculated1646
sullied1683
tarnished1716
besmirched1864
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos iv. 20 So departe thou thenne fro this londe, maculate, and full of fylthe and ordure.
a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 81 in Poems (1981) 113 To change in filth all thy feminitie, And be with fleschelie lust sa maculait.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cliiii The places that ye haue edefyd Ar nowe disordred and with vyces maculate.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 118 That the honour of verteous gentil men, be nocht maculat vitht the vice ande inciuilite of vicius pretendit gentil men.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. vii. 122 Hauing..cloathed our selues with the maculate coate of sinne.
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. iii. 9 Thy rare greene eye..never yet Beheld thing maculate . View more context for this quotation
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 59 The Cardinal of S. Clemente hurt himself by declaring for the maculate conception.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 296 Unfortunately for her already maculate reputation.
1887 R. L. Stevenson Misadv. J. Nicholson ii Foul walls and maculate table linen.
1919 T. S. Eliot Sweeney among Nightingales in Poems The zebra stripes along his jaw Swelling to maculate giraffe.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiii. 300 Leaning in the window, breathing the hot still rich maculate smell of the earth.
1965 E. Bishop Questions of Trav. 22 House, open house..Darkened and tarnished By the warm touch Of the warm breath, Maculate, cherished, Rejoice!
1978 Maledicta 2 289 The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy.
1991 Independent 16 Nov. 35/1 The best banana is the maculate kind, the banana whose succulent flesh is ripening to the point where its fibres are breaking down.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

maculatev.

Brit. /ˈmakjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˈmækjəˌleɪt/
Forms: late Middle English– maculate, 1500s maculat (Scottish).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin maculāt-, maculāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin maculāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of maculāre to spot, stain, pollute, taint, dishonour < macula macula n. Compare maculate adj.
1. transitive. To spot, stain, or soil (something); (now rare) to defile (a person or thing). (literal and figurative.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)]
filea1325
foulc1330
tache1390
dark?c1400
distain1406
smita1413
blemish1414
black?c1425
defoul1470
maculate?a1475
macule1484
tan1530
staina1535
spota1542
smear1549
blot1566
besmear1579
defile1581
attaint1590
soila1596
slubber1599
tack1601
woad1603
besmirch1604
blur1604
to breathe upon ——1608
be-smut1610
clouda1616
sullya1616
taint1623
smutch1640
blackena1649
to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654
beslur1675
tarnish1695
blackwash1762
carbonify1792
smirch1820
tattoo1884
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
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 235 (MED) Whiche commynge to Affrike wastede hit, and maculate [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. defouled; L. maculavit] the feithe in hit.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) clxxxvii. 274 The hethen men..whiche had fowled and shamefully had maculated [the place] with theyr mahometry.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos viii. 35 Hir innocente blood whiche maculate & bysprange all theym that stode by.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxvi. sig. i.vv A sensuall prynce..Purposed to maculate, this vyrgyn gloryous.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxvi. sig. Mviv They wolde nat maculate the honour of their people.
1541 Schole House of Women sig. D.iiv Who droppes vnclene, doth maculate The fynest vesture, that any man werys.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 28 Thou hast done too much in maculating our bloud.
1676 T. Jordan Londons Triumphs 16 They maculate Mens Blood, And make them seely.
1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul 276 Lucretius tells us maculating dreams accompany youth.
1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ v. 117 Brown drops of tobacco juice maculated his white beard.
a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) ii. 19 That were to maculate the purity of your own proper nature.
1964 Quebec Election Act in Rev. Statutes Quebec I. 274/2 The following shall be guilty of an offence against this act … Every person who removes, destroys, tears or maculates an electoral list posted up in a public place.
2. transitive (in passive). To be spotted with.
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1676 T. Garencières Admirable Virtues Coral 15 Red coral will grow..maculated with several spots.
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 110 Body cinereous, maculated with fuscous.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 373 The gastric mucous membrane is..maculated with patches of a deep-crimson.
1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) I. 17 The collar, maculated with sherry, gravy, ketchup and Worcestershire..has already gone limp as a bathtowel.
1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales ix. 118 The bits of chalk used to scrawl the organ weights on the blackboard are maculated with old human blood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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