单词 | unblemished |
释义 | unblemishedadj. 1. Free from moral blemish or stain: a. Of persons. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] cleanlyc888 unwemmedc950 clean971 lightOE whiteOE unfiledc1200 shire?c1225 sheenc1275 wemlessc1275 undefouled13.. undefoileda1325 purec1330 unbleckedc1380 unfouledc1380 clear1382 impollutec1384 unblemishedc1400 undefiledc1400 unspottedc1400 virginc1400 spotless?a1430 immaculate1441 uncorruptc1450 unpollushed1490 intemeratea1492 incorrupted1529 unmaculate1535 impolluted1548 crystallinec1550 incorrupt1550 uncorrupted1565 undistained1565 unstained1573 entire1587 taintless1590 untainted1590 stainless1599 unsmirched1604 intemerated1608 indepravate1609 chastea1616 uncurseda1628 undishonested1631 untaint1638 Adamical1649 sincere1649 undebaucheda1656 unaccurseda1674 amiantal1674 unsoiled1699 unpolluted1732 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 782 Vnblemyst I am wyth-outen blot. 1626 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes 1594 His Spouse is chaste, vnblemisht with a spot. 1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xxiv, in Steps to Temple 59 The unblemisht Lambe, blessed for ever, Should take the marke of sin, and paine of sence. 1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 44 Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 83 'Twas..an wholesome rigour in the main, And taught th' unblemish'd to preserve with care That purity, whose loss was loss of all. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 58/2 Fines are enacted for abandoning an unblemished girl, and forgiving a blemished damsel. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 194 Priam's sons in law And their unblemished consorts. b. Of honour, name, character, etc. ΚΠ 1432 Paston Lett. I. 35 The said Erle..desired, and ever shal, to kepe his trouthe and worship unblemysshed. a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 1155 in Poems (1899) 95 Thus ye shul..come to grete glory and noble fame Thurgh your goode liffe & vnblemyshed name. 1637 J. Milton Comus 8 O welcome pure-ey'd Faith,..And thou unblemish't forme of Chastitie. 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 45 They must be Men of upright and unblemisht Lives and Conversations. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. ii. 139 He should be of an unblemished and virtuous Character. 1779 Mirror No. 33 I am now in affluent circumstances, and I have reason to think that I am so with an unblemished character. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. viii. 179 For the unblemished faith and unfaded honour of Scotland. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 387 All the authority which belongs to unblemished integrity. 2. Not substantially or materially blemished or impaired. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > spotless or unblemished without sakea1250 wemless1398 masclelessc1400 motelessc1400 unbruisedc1440 unblemished?c1450 unwemmedc1475 unstained1555 blemishless1583 blankless1589 ungalled1603 speckless1788 fleckless1847 invitiate1870 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6802 Þe text of wangels fell in þe water... Þe text was foun vnblemyst þare. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) vii. 125 For be this meane þe kynges estate shall alwey be kept vnblemyshed. c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. vi/2 So that all the forsayd citezens of london..haue alle the frauncheses of the wareyn & forest vnblemysshyd. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. Y2v What foule disgrace is this,..To blot your beautie, that vnblemisht is? View more context for this quotation 1598 R. Marbeck in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 618 The religious houses only being spared, and left vnblemished. 1625 F. Quarles Sions Sonets xvii. 3 His eyes are..Vnblemisht, vndistayned with a spot. 1883 P. Schaff tr. Herzog Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 2365 The tenth one [of cattle, etc.] being set apart, no matter whether it were bad or good, blemished or unblemished. Derivatives unˈblemishedness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] cleannessc890 unwemmednessc1175 purity?c1225 shireness?c1225 cleanshipc1230 uncorruptionc1384 purenessa1398 undefoulingnessc1400 whitenessc1400 cleanliness1430 immaculation1509 clearness1526 undefiledness1571 uncorruptness1583 unspottedness1598 intemerateness1607 uncorruptedness1611 candour1612 spotlessness1619 immaculateness1641 candidness1654 unblemishedness1656 intemeration1660 unstainedness1685 pearliness1760 taintlessness1811 stainlessness1862 1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 239 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity The unblemishednesse required in all the Priests, that ministered in the sanctuary. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 58 After a due search into their Pedigree, and the unblemishedness of their body. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 711 The necessity of a moral cleanness and unblemishedness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400 |
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