maculate at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "maculate":
besmirched, bespangled, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, defiled,
dotted, dotty, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked,
freckle-faced, freckled, freckly, impure, indecent, macular,
maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille,
pointillistic, polka-dot, punctated, smirched, soiled, spangled,
spattered, specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splashed,
splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled,
stippled, studded, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unvirginal,
unvirtuous
maculate at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[V] (Mix of colors): be variegated, variegate, stripe, streak, checker
Maculate at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Maculate \Mac"u*late\, a. [L. maculatus, p. p.]
Marked with spots or macul[ae]; blotched; hence, defiled;
impure; as, most maculate thoughts. --Shak.
Maculate \Mac"u*late\, v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to
spot. See {Macula}, and cf. {Macule}, v.]
To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate the honor of their people. --Sir T.
Elyot.
maculate at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
maculate
adj 1: morally blemished; stained or impure [syn: {defiled}]
2: spotted or blotched
v 1: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long
exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after
the affair with a married man" [syn: {tarnish}, {stain},
{sully}, {defile}]
2: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: {foul}, {befoul}, {defile}]
maculate at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Verb
Inter: en-verb » maculat|ingTranslations
Inter: trans-top » To spot; to stain; to blurInter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Adjective
Inter: en-ad » jTranslations
Inter: trans-top » Marked with spots or maculae; blotchedInter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » Defiled; impure
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|грязный
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
References
* Inter: R:Webster 191 » 3Italian
Adjective
maculate {{f}}Anagrams
* calumateCategory: Category:Italian adjective forms -
Latin
Participle
Inter: la-part-form » maculāteTranslation: et » maculate
Translation: fr » maculate
Translation: it » maculate
Translation: mg » maculate
Translation: pl » maculate
Translation: ru » maculate
Translation: vi » maculate
Translation: zh » maculate