Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of maculate
comparative more maculated · superlative most maculated
- Having spots or blotches.
1891, Ambrose Bierce, “Chickamauga” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E.L.G. Steele, p. 48, [The light] fell upon their faces, touching their whiteness with a ruddy tinge, accentuating the stains with which so many of them were freaked and maculated.
1 more example
She lifts the pen from the maculated blotter.
2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 731Synonyms: maculate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving spots or blotches.
Translations
Portuguese maculado
- maculadohaving spots or blotches
Spanish maculado
- maculadohaving spots or blotches
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