maculate means marked with spots or maculae; blotched. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.
maculate is pronounced /ˈmækjʊleɪt/.
Etymology
First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
adj
- Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
- Defiled, impure.“[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.”
verb
- To spot; to stain; to blur.“they wolde nat maculate the honour of their people with suche a reproche”