单词 | without spot |
释义 | > as lemmaswithout spot e. without spot. extracted from spotn.1adv. (a) Morally unstained, without moral defects; free from sin; pure.Frequently paired with wrinkle, blemish, or blame, with allusion to biblical passages such as Ephesians 5:27 (see e.g. quot. c1390). ΚΠ c1390 W. Hilton Expos. Qui habitat & Bonum Est (1954) 85 Holy chirche is whit in grace, with-outen spot or wrinkel. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 609 Goodlihiede and innocence Withouten spot of eny blame. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2151 (MED) Þer herd he first of Penolope, His trewe wyf, with-oute spot or blame. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xiv. §2. 50 He that ingase withouten spot and wirkis rightwisnes. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxviv Without spot of sinne. 1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 281 His guidsire..and himself..hes faithfullie servit his Hienes..without spot or reproche. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Tim. vi. 14 Keepe this commandement without spot . View more context for this quotation 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix ii. v. 978 Be diligent that yee may be found of God in peace, without spot and blamelesse. 1782 W. Cowper Expostulation in Poems 116 Thy services once holy without spot, Mere shadows now. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xlv. 22 Sublimely mild, a Spirit without spot. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 439/2 A character for integrity and honor without spot or blemish. 1907 Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. May 695/1 He is also a man of good moral character, his past record and reputation generally being without spot or blemish. 1989 P. Fussell Wartime xii. 166 Anyone on the Allied side could easily be conceived of as without spot. 2001 Times 10 May 17/2 The Left is hardly without spot itself. (b) Physically unblemished, not stained; flawless, perfect. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 24 (MED) O moul, þou marrez a myry iuele, My priuy perle wythouten spotte. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxxviii. 197 Full lyke the golde that is moost pure and fyne Withouten spotte of blacke encombremente. ?1562 W. Ward tr. R. Roussat Most Excellent Bk. Doctour & Astrologien Arcandam sig. P.vi.v When they [sc. the eyes] shyne much and be without spotte, it is a token of goodnes. 1656 T. Jenner Path of Life 43 Their apparell is with pure linnen without spot. 1761 J. Richie Crit. Mod. Notion Sacrifices ii. 136 Among the Jews, all lambs that were without spot and blemish, or bodily imperfection, were precious lambs, or lambs of value and worth. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks v. 55 Her Sunday bonnet was without spot, her Sunday gown without wrinkle. 1919 S. Graham Private in Guards iii. 91 The rifle had to be luminous, the bayonet unimpeachable, the trousers creased correctly, the tunic without spot. 1993 S. Marshall Nest of Magpies xix. 160 Her skin, wrinkled though it was, had the texture of youth still insofar as it was without spot or blemish and innocent of make-up. < as lemmas |
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