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单词 blemish
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blemishn.

Brit. /ˈblɛmɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈblɛmɪʃ/
Forms: Also 1500s blemysh, bleamish(e.
Etymology: < blemish v.
1. Physical defect or disfigurement; a stain. (Used spec. of the mark of injury to a horse, as the scar of a broken knee.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish
tachec1330
vicec1386
flakec1400
plotc1400
offencec1425
defectc1450
disconformity1505
defection1526
blemish1535
fitch1550
blot1578
flaw1604
tainta1616
mulct1632
smitch1638
scarring1816
out1886
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit xi. 13 Then beganne the blemysh to go out of his eyes, like as it had bene the whyte szkynne of an egg.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. ix. 3 A calf and a shepe, both..without blemysh [ Wyclif, wemme, wem; 1611 blemish].
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 97 Face spots, or blemishes, anoint with the iuce of the rootes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. iii. 24 Speaking thicke (which Nature made his blemish).
1718 Free-thinker No. 37. 2 One never sees the least Blemish of Ink upon his Nails.
1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 500 Nothing hides a blemish so completely as cloth of gold.
2. transferred. A defect, imperfection, flaw, in any object, matter, condition, or work.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > defect or fault or flaw
faultc1320
breckc1369
villainyc1400
offencec1425
defectc1450
defection1526
vitiosity1538
faintness1543
gall1545
eelist1549
mar1551
hole1553
blemish1555
wart1603
flaw1604
mulct1632
wound1646
failurea1656
misfeature1818
bug1875
out1886
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. i. 23 A moste blessed life without bleamishe of wo.
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 8 Some imperfections and blemishes may be noted in the setting foorth of it.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlv. 169 The minor critic..hunts for blemishes.
1863 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (ed. 2) Pref. 5 The work has now received a careful revision, and it is hoped that..such blemishes are removed.
1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 222 The divine light is without blemish.
3. figurative. A moral defect or stain; a flaw, fault, blot, slur.
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
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Riiiv A blemisshe, whiche semeth to disteyne all his vertues.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 733 A bleamish in ones good name.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 27 No blemish vnto any Gentleman to serue as a common souldier in the Captaines squadron.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 343 Ile giue no blemish to her Honor, none. View more context for this quotation
1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon i. 51 Some abuses are..rather blemishes than sinnes.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 137 If they find Some stain or blemish in a name of note.
4. Hunting. (See quot.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun] > track
righta1425
view?1516
persue1530
abature1575
blemish1575
foil1575
marks1575
entry1627
gate1677
file1815
stain1832
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxiv. 94 The same huntsman shall go backe to his blemishes immediatly.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvii. 98 Blemishes..are the markes which are left to knowe where a Deare hath gone in or out.
1627 J. Taylor Wks. (1630) i. 93/1 Blemishes, Sewelling, Auant-laye, Allaye, Relaye..and a thousand more such Vtopian fragments of confused Gibberish.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Blemishes, marks made by hunters, to shew where a Deer hath gone.
1721–90 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

blemishv.

Brit. /ˈblɛmɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈblɛmɪʃ/
Forms: Middle English blemyss, blemiss, blemess, blemysch, blemysh, Middle English blensch, blench, Middle English blemissh, blemesh, blemysch, Middle English–1500s blemyssh(e, 1500s– blemish. past tense and participle blemished, in Middle English blemest(e, -yst, Middle English blemschyd, 1500s– blemisht.
Etymology: < Old French blemiss-, extended stem of blemir (also blesmir , blaismir , in Provençal blasmar , blesmar ) to render livid or pale, < blaisme , blesme , blême ‘livid, pale,’ of uncertain origin: see Diez, Littré. The syncopated forms blemschyd , blensch , caused partial confusion with blench v.1
1. To hurt, damage, do physical damage or injury to, deface. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)]
mareOE
shendOE
hinderc1000
amarOE
awemc1275
noyc1300
touchc1300
bleche1340
blemisha1375
spill1377
misdoa1387
grieve1390
damagea1400
despoil?a1400
matea1400
snapea1400
mankc1400
overthrowa1425
tamec1430
undermine1430
blunder1440
depaira1460
adommage?1473
endamage1477
prejudicec1487
fulyie1488
martyra1500
dyscrase?1504
corrupt1526
mangle1534
danger1538
destroy1542
spoil1563
ruinate1564
ruin1567
wrake1570
injury1579
bane1587
massacre1589
ravish1594
wrong1595
rifle1604
tainta1616
mutilea1618
to do violence toa1625
flaw1665
stun1676
quail1682
maul1694
moil1698
damnify1712
margullie1721
maul1782
buga1790
mux1806
queer1818
batter1840
puckeroo1840
rim-rack1841
pretty1868
garbage1899
savage1899
to do in1905
strafe1915
mash1924
blow1943
nuke1967
mung1969
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2471 Bi-huld a-boute on his bodi ȝif it blenched were.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2578 He þet es blemeste with þis brade brande.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1421 Wine..Breyþed vppe in to his brayn & blemyst his mynde.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxiii. f. clv Such Holdes and Castellys as the Scottis by theyr Warrys had blemysshed and apayred.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxv The towne of Boston was greatly blemysshed with fyre.
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxxv. sig. L iij Blemishing all the..lines..drawen with black lead or such like, that you maye easely put oute or rase awaye.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 163 He cut off his taile, whereof he gaue no..reason, being demaunded why he so blemished his Beast.
2. To dim or darken (the eye-sight). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > dim
dima1300
blemish1440
troublea1500
misten1599
perstringe1603
blear1605
tara1612
disgregatea1631
purblind1644
obfuscate1656
blast1757
blur1791
bedim1811
1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 39 Blenschyn [1499 blemysshen], obfusco.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) iv. x. 173 They blemysshe theyr eye in lokynge ayenst the sonne.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. vii. xiv. f. cxc My corporall eye..shalbe blemysshed or derked by the reason of the lyght.
?1677 Lover's Quar. 82 The salt tears blemished his eye.
3.
a. To mar, spoil, or injure the working of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally
atterc885
hurtc1200
marc1225
appair1297
impair1297
spilla1300
emblemishc1384
endull1395
blemishc1430
depaira1460
depravea1533
deform1533
envenom1533
vitiate1534
quail1551
impeach1563
subvert1565
craze1573
taint1573
spoil1578
endamage1579
qualify1584
stain1584
crack1590
ravish1594
interess1598
invitiate1598
corrupt1602
venom1621
depauperate1623
detriment1623
flaw1623
embase1625
ungold1637
murder1644
refract1646
depress1647
addle1652
sweal1655
butcher1659
shade1813
mess1823
puckeroo1840
untone1861
blue1880
queer1884
dick1972
forgar-
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 14 Pité blemeshithe the swerd of rightewisnes.
?1554 tr. H. Latimer Protestation in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 980/2 You do blemish the annunciation of the Lords death til he com.
1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 338 That the people be not..troubled..nor the peace blemished.
1635 Wentworth in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 276 III. 282 To overthrowe or at least to blemishe the proceedings.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 253 An expedient, which though blemished in the execution, was itself reasonable and prudent.
b. To disconcert, put out. Cf. blench v.1 5.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > confuse, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > disconcert
blemish1544
blank1548
to put out1598
unsettle1644
disconcert1695
to put off1909
to put (someone) off (his) strokea1914
to bend (a person) out of shape1955
to throw off1978
1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr J. Oldcastell in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 264 At this, the archbishopp and hys companye were not a lytle blemyshed.
4.
a. To impair or mar the beauty, soundness, or perfection of; to damage.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > disfigure [verb (transitive)] > impair the beauty of
blemisha1500
stain1584
flaw1623
scar1697
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiii. 296 All blemyshyd is thi ble.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 457/1 I blemysshe, I hynder or hurte the beautye of a person.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 128 These eies could neuer indure sweet beauties wrack, You should not blemish them if I stood by.
c1746 J. Hervey Medit. I. 183 Without blemishing their Beauty, or altering their Nature.
b. To impair morally or ideally; to sully, stain, spoil.
ΘΚΠ
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
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 178 Coveitise of wickede preestis blemyshiþ hem.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 4 Let not the faith..be blemished with partialities.
1660 R. Boyle Seraphic Love 2 That the extraction of your freedom may no ways blemish it.
1735 W. Oldys Life Raleigh in Wks. (1829) I. 270 Nothing..that might blemish reputation.
1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xx. 301 The admixture of ruffianism which blemishes most loafers.
c. To cast a slur upon, asperse, defame, discredit, disable. Obsolete except in Law.
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
1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms xlvii. 18 Ne with here tungys blemysch my name.
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 394 To blemish and reproch so many.
c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 193 Blemish not a man that is innocent.
1700 J. Dryden To my Kinsman J. Driden in Fables 94 Not that my Verse wou'd blemish all the Fair.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 532 Any thing that would..blemish the management of the treasury.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 291 Whether a man should be permitted to blemish himself, by pleading his own insanity.
5. intransitive. To turn pale, change colour, blench. (Cf. modern French blêmir.) Obsolete. rare. Cf. blench v.2
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [verb (intransitive)] > become or turn pale
blakea1225
fallowa1250
blokec1275
bloknec1315
bleykec1327
blikena1400
falla1450
to paint pale (also white)a1529
blemish1530
appale1534
to turn (one's) colour1548
wan1582
bleak1605
whiten1775
blench1813
etiolate1882
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 457/1 I blemysshe, I chaunge colour..Sawe you nat howe he blemysshed at it.
6. A hunting term: see quot. and cf. blemish n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > other actions of hounds
to be at bayc1515
blemish1575
to give the hare a turn1575
wrench1686
lurch1824
meuse1827
stream1849
smeuse1851
water1855
to run into shot1884
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxix. 104 Blemishing against or ouer the Slot or viewe of the Deare.
1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman Blemish, a hunting term, used when the hounds or beagles, finding where the chase has been, make a proffer to enter but return.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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