maculate
Verb

maculate (maculates, present participle maculating; past and past participle maculated)

  1. To spot; to stain; to blur.
    • Maculate the honour of their people.
Translations
  • Russian: загрязнять
Adjective

maculate

  1. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
  2. Defiled; impure.
    • 1998 May 25, in The New Republic:
      [Les Misérables is] about the struggle of a mistreated man as he rises to the top, along with a mortal conflict between this maculate virtuous man and an immaculate pursuing demon.
Translations
  • Russian: пятни́стый
Translations
  • French: impur
  • Russian: гря́зный



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