maculate
Meaningspotted
Common meaning: spotted, stained
- macula spot, stainLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1094 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin macula ‘a spot, stain’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry macula, p. 1094 · dictionary scan
Roots
- macula Latin “a spot, stain”
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