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Maculate

verb
1.
Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically.  Synonyms: defile, stain, sully, tarnish.  "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
2.
Spot, stain, or pollute.  Synonyms: befoul, defile, foul.
adjective
1.
Morally blemished; stained or impure.  Synonym: defiled.
2.
Spotted or blotched.






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"Maculate" Quotes from Famous Books



... Has Jones got better manners or champagne? Is Mrs. Ponsonby de Tomkins more distant to duchesses? Did my Lady Clara Vere de Vere consider whether Hood's seamstress was at work on her court gown? Is any one wiser or kinder or honester for all the literary pother? Are the diplomatic corps less maculate than in the days of Grenville Murray? Have we not, on the contrary, cast on our own imperfections the complaisance of an eye educated in the superior imperfections ...
— Without Prejudice • Israel Zangwill



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