| 单词 | a blot on an escutcheon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa blot on an escutcheon b. figurative; esp. in phrases like a blot on an escutcheon = a stain on a person's reputation. 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 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. e2v The Banishment of Ovid was a Blot in his Escutcheon. 1848 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath v. 180 We are not ashamed of our [Puritan] fathers..The escocheon of their virtues is our proudest heraldry. 1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ x. 444 The people of Edinburgh were eager to remove an unseemly stain from the escutcheon of their city. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 45 A dark blot on the escutcheon of the House of Godwine. < as lemmas |
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