smirchn.

Brit.

/sməːtʃ/, U.S.

/smərtʃ/

Forms: Also 1600s smyrch.

Etymology: < smirch v.

1. A dirty mark or smear; a stain; a smudge; also, that which smirches or dirties.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > dirty mark

smitOE

soil1501

smutch1530

sullya1616

smitch1638

smut1664

smircha1688

moil1818

high-water mark1847

smouch1873

tide-mark1907

a1688 J. Bunyan Saints' Privilege in Wks. (1855) I. 647 That men might see their smyrches when they came to wash.

1688 J. Bunyan Water of Life 99 Cristal is..without those spots, and streaks, and smirches that are in other precious Stones.

1850 W. Allingham Poems 128 Sheltered cool and free from smirch In thy cavelet shady.

1863 J. Thomson Sunday at Hampstead i. v Away from the smoke and the smirch.

1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company iv The fellow was but a brown smirch upon the yellow road.

2. figurative. A moral stain or flaw; a blot or blemish; a fault or defect.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > a moral blemish or stain

smitOE

wem?c1225

tachec1330

spot1340

wrinklea1400

tackc1425

iron mould1584

iron mole1599

soil1600

taintment1633

smirch1862

1862 T. A. Trollope Marietta iii One who had blemished the fair escutcheon of the family by a smirch of heresy.

1877 L. Morris Epic of Hades iii. 11 Before the soil And smirch of fuller years..Sullies its primal whiteness.

1897 Outing 29 559/2 That strange insensibility to the sufferings of animals which draws such an ugly smirch across the whole Latin race.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

smirchv.

Brit.

/sməːtʃ/, U.S.

/smərtʃ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s smorch, 1600s smerch, smyrch.

Etymology: apparently < Old French esmorcher to torment, torture (as by the application of hot metal), with slight transference of sense.

a. transitive. Of things: to make dirty, soil, sully, or discolour (something) by contact or touch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)]

sulec897

smitOE

soil1297

besoila1300

bysulpc1400

smudgec1430

dauba1450

smirch1495

smotter1513

suddle1513

smada1525

coinquinatea1529

puddle1535

moil1575

smut1587

sud1593

sully1601

coninquinate1609

smirch1615

smutcha1616

beslurry1627

besullya1645

smoot1683

besmircha1700

be-smutch1832

guggle1866

dirten1906

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvi. lxxx. 579 Leed hathe a manere nesshnes, and smorcheth his honde that towchyth it.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 77 The stalke therof broken, smorcheth them that touche it all with yealow.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 268 Chaos and ragg'd stone Smircht with blacke Pumice, there reioyce, ore-growne with mournfull Cypresse.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xix. 12 [Weapons] smirch'd and sullied by the breath of fire.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 338 A cauldron of four measures, never smirch'd By smoke or flame.

1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno xv. 26 His parch'd looks..smirch'd with fire.

1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde i. v Twinkles the re-illuminated star, And all is out of sight that smirched the ray.

1844 T. Hood Workhouse Clock 28 Dingy with smoke..And smirch'd besides with vicious soil.

1894 G. A. Sala London up to Date i. vii The rain beats down on the smoke, and the smoke on the fog; and all three..smirch your face and hands.

b. To tan (the face). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [verb (transitive)]

tan1530

tawny1602

tawn1721

smirch1828

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 267 The sun was high, It smirch'd her cheek, it dimm'd her eye.

2. Of persons (or animals): to stain, smear, or befoul (the face, person, etc.) with or by means of something dirty or having staining properties. Also reflexive and with adjective complement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)]

sulec897

smitOE

soil1297

besoila1300

bysulpc1400

smudgec1430

dauba1450

smirch1495

smotter1513

suddle1513

smada1525

coinquinatea1529

puddle1535

moil1575

smut1587

sud1593

sully1601

coninquinate1609

smirch1615

smutcha1616

beslurry1627

besullya1645

smoot1683

besmircha1700

be-smutch1832

guggle1866

dirten1906

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 215 By chance his dog..smerched his lips with the tincture.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 111 Ile put my selfe in poore and meane attire, And with a kinde of vmber smirch my face.

1853 M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum in Poems (new ed.) 40 He seiz'd..the dust which lay around, And threw it on his head, and smirch'd his hair.

1865 C. Kingsley Hereward II. xi. 166 I will go..and smirch myself brown with walnut-leaves.

3. transferred. To cast discredit or disgrace upon (a person, his honour, etc.); to bring into ill-repute; to taint or tarnish. Said of actions, etc., or of persons.

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

(a)

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. xi. 314 In public opinion, their names will be smirched and sullied with a stain which his tardy efforts cannot entirely efface.

1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home 216 Their infamy spreads abroad, smirching the whole class to which they belong.

1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. x. 173 Those lower thoughts as well as lower passions which smirch the human soul.

(b)1856 W. E. Aytoun Bothwell i. xv They durst not so have wronged their blood, And smirched their fair renown.1870 W. H. Dixon Tower II. xxxi. 319 No man's name..had yet been smirched by Carr.1894 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche (rev. ed.) xix. 10 He changeth dynasties, and on the head Of duteous heroes..Smircheth the laurel that can never die.

Derivatives

ˈsmircher n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > one who sullies or stains

blottera1631

stainer1647

blurrer1681

tar-brusher1884

smircher1888

smearer1955

smear merchant1963

smear-monger1967

1888 Sc. Leader 11 July 4 There will soon not be a place left in his character on which the amateur smircher may operate.

ˈsmirching n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling

soilure1297

sowlingc1440

smirching1495

soiling1580

soilth1581

slurrying1600

smutching1611

aspersion1614

sullya1616

sullying1629

dabbling1677

soilage1926

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun]

staining1530

stain1563

besmearing1574

attainture1608

soilurea1616

smutting1621

sullying1629

macula1649

black wash1856

smirching1862

blear1868

smudging1873

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) viii. xvii. 327 He [sc. the moon] semyth not wemmyd wyth noo specles and smorchynge.

1862 T. A. Trollope Marietta ii Unrevealed smirchings of noble names.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smirch
释义	smirchn. Brit. /sməːtʃ/, U.S. /smərtʃ/ Forms: Also 1600s smyrch. Etymology: < smirch v. 1. A dirty mark or smear; a stain; a smudge; also, that which smirches or dirties. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > dirty mark smitOE soil1501 smutch1530 sullya1616 smitch1638 smut1664 smircha1688 moil1818 high-water mark1847 smouch1873 tide-mark1907 a1688 J. Bunyan Saints' Privilege in Wks. (1855) I. 647 That men might see their smyrches when they came to wash. 1688 J. Bunyan Water of Life 99 Cristal is..without those spots, and streaks, and smirches that are in other precious Stones. 1850 W. Allingham Poems 128 Sheltered cool and free from smirch In thy cavelet shady. 1863 J. Thomson Sunday at Hampstead i. v Away from the smoke and the smirch. 1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company iv The fellow was but a brown smirch upon the yellow road. 2. figurative. A moral stain or flaw; a blot or blemish; a fault or defect. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > a moral blemish or stain smitOE wem?c1225 tachec1330 spot1340 wrinklea1400 tackc1425 iron mould1584 iron mole1599 soil1600 taintment1633 smirch1862 1862 T. A. Trollope Marietta iii One who had blemished the fair escutcheon of the family by a smirch of heresy. 1877 L. Morris Epic of Hades iii. 11 Before the soil And smirch of fuller years..Sullies its primal whiteness. 1897 Outing 29 559/2 That strange insensibility to the sufferings of animals which draws such an ugly smirch across the whole Latin race. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smirchv. Brit. /sməːtʃ/, U.S. /smərtʃ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s smorch, 1600s smerch, smyrch. Etymology: apparently < Old French esmorcher to torment, torture (as by the application of hot metal), with slight transference of sense. 1. a. transitive. Of things: to make dirty, soil, sully, or discolour (something) by contact or touch. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] sulec897 smitOE soil1297 besoila1300 bysulpc1400 smudgec1430 dauba1450 smirch1495 smotter1513 suddle1513 smada1525 coinquinatea1529 puddle1535 moil1575 smut1587 sud1593 sully1601 coninquinate1609 smirch1615 smutcha1616 beslurry1627 besullya1645 smoot1683 besmircha1700 be-smutch1832 guggle1866 dirten1906 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvi. lxxx. 579 Leed hathe a manere nesshnes, and smorcheth his honde that towchyth it. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 77 The stalke therof broken, smorcheth them that touche it all with yealow. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 268 Chaos and ragg'd stone Smircht with blacke Pumice, there reioyce, ore-growne with mournfull Cypresse. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xix. 12 [Weapons] smirch'd and sullied by the breath of fire. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 338 A cauldron of four measures, never smirch'd By smoke or flame. 1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno xv. 26 His parch'd looks..smirch'd with fire. 1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde i. v Twinkles the re-illuminated star, And all is out of sight that smirched the ray. 1844 T. Hood Workhouse Clock 28 Dingy with smoke..And smirch'd besides with vicious soil. 1894 G. A. Sala London up to Date i. vii The rain beats down on the smoke, and the smoke on the fog; and all three..smirch your face and hands. b. To tan (the face). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [verb (transitive)] tan1530 tawny1602 tawn1721 smirch1828 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 267 The sun was high, It smirch'd her cheek, it dimm'd her eye. 2. Of persons (or animals): to stain, smear, or befoul (the face, person, etc.) with or by means of something dirty or having staining properties. Also reflexive and with adjective complement. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] sulec897 smitOE soil1297 besoila1300 bysulpc1400 smudgec1430 dauba1450 smirch1495 smotter1513 suddle1513 smada1525 coinquinatea1529 puddle1535 moil1575 smut1587 sud1593 sully1601 coninquinate1609 smirch1615 smutcha1616 beslurry1627 besullya1645 smoot1683 besmircha1700 be-smutch1832 guggle1866 dirten1906 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 215 By chance his dog..smerched his lips with the tincture. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 111 Ile put my selfe in poore and meane attire, And with a kinde of vmber smirch my face. View more context for this quotation 1853 M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum in Poems (new ed.) 40 He seiz'd..the dust which lay around, And threw it on his head, and smirch'd his hair. 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward II. xi. 166 I will go..and smirch myself brown with walnut-leaves. 3. transferred. To cast discredit or disgrace upon (a person, his honour, etc.); to bring into ill-repute; to taint or tarnish. Said of actions, etc., or of persons. 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 (a) 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. xi. 314 In public opinion, their names will be smirched and sullied with a stain which his tardy efforts cannot entirely efface. 1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home 216 Their infamy spreads abroad, smirching the whole class to which they belong. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. x. 173 Those lower thoughts as well as lower passions which smirch the human soul. (b)1856 W. E. Aytoun Bothwell i. xv They durst not so have wronged their blood, And smirched their fair renown.1870 W. H. Dixon Tower II. xxxi. 319 No man's name..had yet been smirched by Carr.1894 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche (rev. ed.) xix. 10 He changeth dynasties, and on the head Of duteous heroes..Smircheth the laurel that can never die. Derivatives ˈsmircher n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > one who sullies or stains blottera1631 stainer1647 blurrer1681 tar-brusher1884 smircher1888 smearer1955 smear merchant1963 smear-monger1967 1888 Sc. Leader 11 July 4 There will soon not be a place left in his character on which the amateur smircher may operate. ˈsmirching n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling soilure1297 sowlingc1440 smirching1495 soiling1580 soilth1581 slurrying1600 smutching1611 aspersion1614 sullya1616 sullying1629 dabbling1677 soilage1926 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] staining1530 stain1563 besmearing1574 attainture1608 soilurea1616 smutting1621 sullying1629 macula1649 black wash1856 smirching1862 blear1868 smudging1873 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) viii. xvii. 327 He [sc. the moon] semyth not wemmyd wyth noo specles and smorchynge. 1862 T. A. Trollope Marietta ii Unrevealed smirchings of noble names. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1688v.1495
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