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maculation

noun

Etymology

From macule + -ate + -ion.

  1. derived from macula
  2. derived from macule
  3. inherited from macule
  4. suffixed as maculation — “macule + -ate + -ion”

Definitions

  1. The act of spotting

    The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

    • I speak not ‘be thou true,’ as fearing thee, For I will throw my glove to Death himself, That there’s no maculation in thy heart:
    • 1891, Ambrose Bierce, “A Holy Terror” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, p. 218, He could make out a mottled pattern on the hollow cheeks—the maculations of decay.

  2. A pattern of spots.

    • Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion.

The neighborhood

Derived

emaculation, solar maculation

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA