blurredadj.

/bləːd/

Etymology: < blur v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Smeared with or as with ink, as when wet writing is rubbed or brushed.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [adjective] > blurred, spotted or stained with ink

blotted1499

blurred1553

1553 Duke of Northumberland in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 22 To whom I have also sent my blurred letters.

1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 189 There is no removing of blots from the paper by laying upon it a blurred finger.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 128 Paltry, blurred shreds of paper about the rights of man.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvii. 625 The writing of the fourteenth century is coarse and blurred.

2. Stained, sullied, befouled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained

staineda1382

imbruedc1450

maculate1490

bestained1559

commaculate1570

maculated1646

infected1701

blurred1708

smitted1862

dabbled1887

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xii A Country all blurr'd and blotted.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh viii. 337 His cheeks all blurred with tears and naughtiness.

3. Made indistinct and dim like blurred writing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct

dimc1000

blinda1398

undistingued1398

obscure?a1450

undistinct1495

shadowed1588

undistinguishable1600

shady1626

blear1637

filmed1637

indistinguishable1642

crepusculous1646

adumbrated1650

oblite1650

faint1660

monogrammous1678

blurred1701

faintish1712

wispya1717

adumbrant1727

muzzy1744

indistinct1764

fuzzy1778

misty1797

shadowy1797

undistinguished1814

woolly1815

vague1822

furzy1825

mystified1833

slurred1843

feeble1860

smudginga1861

filmy1864

smudgy1865

blurry1884

slurry1937

1701 London Gaz. No. 3746/4 The W. a little blurr'd.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. vi. 158 A blurred lithograph of Washington.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures vii. 54 I don't know..what blurred image or idol he had in his mind.

Derivatives

blurredness n.

/ˈblɜːdnɪs/

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness

undistinction1647

shadowinessa1672

indistinctness1704

obscure1787

muzz1843

fogginess1853

blur1860

blurredness1864

veiling1864

fuzziness1866

blear1868

nebulousness1878

incertitude1883

velation1922

blurriness1937

1864 F. J. Furnivall in Reader 22 Oct. 511/2 The frequent blurredness [of the type] and missing of dots and strokes in this reduction.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blurred
释义	blurredadj. /bləːd/ Etymology: < blur v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Smeared with or as with ink, as when wet writing is rubbed or brushed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [adjective] > blurred, spotted or stained with ink blotted1499 blurred1553 1553 Duke of Northumberland in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 22 To whom I have also sent my blurred letters. 1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 189 There is no removing of blots from the paper by laying upon it a blurred finger. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 128 Paltry, blurred shreds of paper about the rights of man. View more context for this quotation 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvii. 625 The writing of the fourteenth century is coarse and blurred. 2. Stained, sullied, befouled. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained staineda1382 imbruedc1450 maculate1490 bestained1559 commaculate1570 maculated1646 infected1701 blurred1708 smitted1862 dabbled1887 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xii A Country all blurr'd and blotted. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh viii. 337 His cheeks all blurred with tears and naughtiness. 3. Made indistinct and dim like blurred writing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct dimc1000 blinda1398 undistingued1398 obscure?a1450 undistinct1495 shadowed1588 undistinguishable1600 shady1626 blear1637 filmed1637 indistinguishable1642 crepusculous1646 adumbrated1650 oblite1650 faint1660 monogrammous1678 blurred1701 faintish1712 wispya1717 adumbrant1727 muzzy1744 indistinct1764 fuzzy1778 misty1797 shadowy1797 undistinguished1814 woolly1815 vague1822 furzy1825 mystified1833 slurred1843 feeble1860 smudginga1861 filmy1864 smudgy1865 blurry1884 slurry1937 1701 London Gaz. No. 3746/4 The W. a little blurr'd. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. vi. 158 A blurred lithograph of Washington. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures vii. 54 I don't know..what blurred image or idol he had in his mind. Derivatives blurredness n. /ˈblɜːdnɪs/ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness undistinction1647 shadowinessa1672 indistinctness1704 obscure1787 muzz1843 fogginess1853 blur1860 blurredness1864 veiling1864 fuzziness1866 blear1868 nebulousness1878 incertitude1883 velation1922 blurriness1937 1864 F. J. Furnivall in Reader 22 Oct. 511/2 The frequent blurredness [of the type] and missing of dots and strokes in this reduction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1553
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