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macule

noun

Etymology

From Middle English macule, from Middle French macule and its etymon Classical Latin macula. Doublet of macchia, macula and, with a suffix, maquis.

  1. derived from macula
  2. derived from macule
  3. inherited from macule

Definitions

  1. A spot.

  2. A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during…

    A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing.

  3. To blur or be blurred

    To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for macule. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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