A spot; a stain; a blemish. Frequently figurative: a moral stain or taint. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > a moral blemish or stain (11) smitOE A spot; a stain; a blemish. Frequently figurative: a moral stain or taint. Obsolete. wem?c1225 Moral defilement; stain (of sin). Chiefly in without(en) wem = immaculate, adj. 1. Obsolete exc. archaic. tachec1330 figurative. A moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit; in quots. 1340 –70, 1541, a physical blemish. Obsolete. spot1340 With of or possessive. A stigma or stain left by a specified sin or disgrace. Obsolete. wrinklea1400 figurative. A moral stain or blemish. tackc1425 A spot, a stain; a blemish; = tache, n.1 1 2. iron mould1584 A pernicious person or thing; a moral stain or blemish. Cf. iron mole, n. 2. Obsolete. iron mole1599 figurative. A pernicious thing; a moral stain or blemish. Cf. iron mould, n. 1a. Obsolete. soil1600 figurative. Moral stain or tarnish. taintment1633 Contamination, defiling tincture. smirch1862 figurative. A moral stain or flaw; a blot or blemish; a fault or defect. |
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