单词 | maculate |
释义 | † maculaten. Obsolete. rare. A blemish, an imperfection. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ 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. Spotted, stained, soiled; defiled; = maculated adj. (Now chiefly literary and poetic, in expressed or implied antithesis to immaculate.) ΘΚΠ 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. 1. transitive. To spot, stain, or soil (something); (now rare) to defile (a person or thing). (literal and figurative.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1490adj.1490v.?a1475 |
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