单词 | maculated |
释义 | maculatedadj. Spotted (now chiefly Biology). Also (now rare): stained, soiled (literal and figurative); defiled. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > spotted spotteda1325 spotty1340 splotty1382 scawed1398 engoutedc1450 dropped1611 measled1634 fly-bitten1639 maculated1646 bedrop1658 polluted1667 diced1671 puncticular1671 pantherine1753 parded1806 guttular1811 naevose1847 pellucido-punctate1847 measly1849 notate1857 maculiferous1863 spot-skin1871 naevous1890 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 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 272 For Warts we..commit any maculated part unto the touch of the dead. View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 43 Who being casually cast into bad company..keep their own innocency entire, not maculated with the mixture of their bad manners. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 258 A maculated man seeking to shelter himself in dejection and in shade. 1883 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 158 A variegated record of profitless extravagance and maculated victory. 1991 Jrnl. Zool. 223 395 In both, shell colour variation is an interplay between two factors: ground colour and maculated spiral bands. 1996 Animal Behaviour 52 553 Eggs that were heavily maculated or had a darker ground colour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1646 |
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