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单词 blotted
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blottedadj.

/ˈblɒtɪd/
Etymology: < blot v. + -ed suffix1.
a. Spotted or stained with ink, etc.; blurred.
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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.
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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.
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