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maculate(2)(dictionary)

maculate(1) (iou)



maculate adjective. L15.
[Latin maculatus pa. pple, formed as MACULATE verb: see -ATE2.]
Spotted, stained; fig. defiled, polluted. Now chiefly literary, in expressed or implied antithesis to immaculate.
H. Fergusson Her long black hair..now hung wet and maculate with clay and sand.