smutchedadj.
/ˈsmʌtʃt/ 1. Smudged, smutted, stained, sullied.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective]
solc1200
soileda1250
suddly1488
sullied1571
smirched1600
besmircheda1616
smutted1622
moiled1632
soily1677
smutched1785
besoiled1834
smirchy1889
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 491 The bow Respectful of the smutch'd artificer.
1848 T. Keightley Notes Horace i. ii. 36 The smutched face of the prostitute.
1899 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 35 A..woman..with a lawless tongue and a smutched reputation.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of or having fungal disease
rustyc1503
smutty1597
smutched1620
slaina1642
smutty1667
sooty1697
rusted1763
spurred1763
smutted1766
leaf spot1846
fly-speck1855
ergotized1860
tagged1892
mummied1893
mummified1895
conky1905
rhynchosporium1918
Alternaria1924
Sigatoka1925
pasmo1926
sclerotinia1926
oak wilt1942
silver-leaf1946
wildfire1971
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. (1625) 108 When it is blacke at both ends, yet full and sound in the middest, and this is called smutcht corne, being disfigured in part, and not in all.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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