单词 | blotted |
释义 | blottedadj. a. Spotted or stained with ink, etc.; blurred. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [adjective] > blurred, spotted or stained with ink blotted1499 blurred1553 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Blottyd, oblitteratus. 1597 F. Thynne Names & Armes Chauncelors in Animaduersions (1875) p. c And for..the blotted and rude wrytinge, I craue your Lordship also to passe yt ouer. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 169. ⁋11 The blotted manuscripts of Milton now remaining. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 201 Gorgeous Nature's pictured show Is now a blotted book. b. figurative. Soiled, tarnished, stained. ΘΚΠ 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 1596 E. Spenser Faerie Queene (new ed.) ii. i. sig. Nv Now therefore Ladie..see the saluing of your blotted [1590 blotting] name. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ix. 304 Consideration of his services, blotted by offences, yet splendid and great. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1499 |
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