maculate
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of maculate
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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To spot; to stain; to blur.
“they wolde nat maculate the honour of their people with suche a reproche”
“There was a fresh smell in the air. Sidewalks began to be maculated with spreading areas of dryness”
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verb
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To spot; to stain; to blur.
“they wolde nat maculate the honour of their people with suche a reproche”
“There was a fresh smell in the air. Sidewalks began to be maculated with spreading areas of dryness”
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(form-of, obsolete, participle, past)past participle of maculate
“That the honour of verteous gentil men, be nocht maculat vitht the vice ande inciuilite of vicius pretendit gentil men.”
adj
- (archaic, poetic)Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
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(archaic, poetic)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.”
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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).
Words you can make from maculate
139 playable · top: CALUMET (11 pts)
Best play calumet 11 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
15 words5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
48 words- ACME 8 pts
- CALM 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CLAM 8 pts
- CULM 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ALMA 6 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ALUM 6 pts
- ATMA 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CAUL 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CLUE 6 pts
- CULT 6 pts
- CUTE 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LAMA 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- LUCE 6 pts
- LUMA 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MALT 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MAUL 6 pts
- MAUT 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- MELT 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- MULE 6 pts
- MUTE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TALC 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LATU 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALA 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
3-letter words
44 words- CAM 7 pts
- CUM 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- AMA 5 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- LUM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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