Maculate

Definitions: Maculate

Maculate

Adjective

1. Morally blemished; stained or impure.

2. Spotted or blotched.

Verb

1. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; 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".

2. Spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "maculate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Science

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Maculate

Uncleanness

Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil.

Crosswords: Maculate

Books

• The MacUlate Muse (reference)

• The MacUlate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

mbuloj me njolla. (various references)

Bulgarian 

опетнявам (attaint, besmirch, darken, imbrue, mire, pollute, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), покривам с петна (speck, speckle, splotch). (various references)

French

maculer (Mackle). (various references)

German

beflecken (besmirch, cast a slur on, defile, desecrate, soil, speckle, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, to blemish, to contaminate, to infest, to soil, to speckle, to spot, to stain, to sully). (various references)

Hebrew 

מרובב (flecked, spotted, stained). (various references)

Hungarian

beszennyez (contaminate, dirty, foul, pollute, smirch, sully, to blemish, to contaminate, to darken, to dirty, to discolour, to foul, to grime, to slubber, to smut, to soil, to sully, to vitiate). (various references)

Italian

maculare. (various references)

Pig Latin

aculatemay.(various references)

Portuguese

manchar (befoul, besmirch, blemish, blight, blotch, blur, dirty, discoloration, discoloured, fleck, foul, Fox, pollute, smirch, smoke, smudge, soil, speckle, spot, stain, sully, taint), macular (blot, defile, profane, set off, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, stain, sully), ponto escuro em mineral. (various references)

Romanian

maculã, pãta (attaint, blemish, cloud, foul, Mark, slop, smear, smirch, smut, soil, speckle, splash, splatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully). (various references)

Russian 

покрывать пятнами. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

umrljati (splotch, stain). (various references)

Spanish

manchar (bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, dapple, daub, defile, dirty, foul, Mark, set off, smear, smudge, soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish). (various references)

Swedish

fläcka (blot, foul, smear, smirch, smudge, speck, spot, stain, taint, tarnish). (various references)

Turkish

lekelemek (asperse, attaint, bastardize, bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brand, breathe upon, cloud, defile, dirty, discolor, discolour, dishonor, fleck, flecker, mottle, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish), leke oluşturmak. (various references)

Ukranian 

вкривати плямами (fleck), забруднений (bedraggled, blurred, contaminated, drossy, feculent, smudgy, splotchy, stained). (various references)

Deltocephalus oryzae, Inemadara oryzae. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "maculate": maculated, maculates. (additional references)

Words ending with "maculate": immaculate. (additional references)

Words containing "maculate": immaculately. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Maculate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acolate, amulate, Maasvlakte, Macclaren, maclate, maculata, masculist, Mcglade, merulite, mobulate, Moucharte, mouclade, Nicolotte. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: calumet, maculae.

-2 letters: acetal, acetum, actual, acuate, almuce, amulet, camlet, lactam, macula, macule, malate, meatal, muleta, talcum, tamale.

-3 letters: aceta, acute, alate, camel, cleat, culet, eclat, lutea, macle, metal, mulct, tamal, ulama, ulema.

-4 letters: acme, acta, alae, alec, alma, alme, alum, atma, calm, came, cate, caul, celt, clam, clue, culm, cult, cute, lace, lama, lame, late, luce, lute, mace, male, malt, mate, maul, maut, meal, meat, melt, meta, mule, mute, tace, tael, tala, talc, tale, tame, teal, team, tela, tule.

-5 letters: aal, ace, act, ala, ale, alt, ama, amu, ate, cam, cat, cel, cue, cum, cut, eat, eau, ecu, elm, emu, eta, lac, lam, lat, lea, let, leu, lum, mac, mae, mat, mel, met, mut, tae, tam, tau, tea, tel, uta.

+1 letter: comatulae, maculated, maculates.

+2 letters: accumulate, acetabulum, calumniate, emasculate, immaculate.

+3 letters: accumulated, accumulates, acetabulums, calumniated, calumniates, campanulate, emasculated, emasculates, emasculator, matriculate, unmatchable.

+4 letters: accumulative, emasculating, emasculation, emasculators, extramusical, immaculately, matriculated, matriculates, miscalculate, unacclimated.

+5 letters: circumvallate, emasculations, metallurgical, misarticulate, miscalculated, miscalculates, mutagenically, nomenclatural, pneumatically, rheumatically.

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