blemish
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blemish
- /ˈblɛmɪʃ/
Rhymes with -ɛmɪʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English blemisshen, blemissen, from Old French blemiss-, stem of Old French blemir, blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”) (French blêmir), from Old Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmī (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English āblered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).
noun blemishes
- A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot. Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
- A moral defect; a character flaw. As piety is the peculiar ornament of old people, so the want of it is a peculiar blemish in their character.
Similar: Blot. See also Thesaurus:defect
verb blemishes · blemishing · blemished
- To spoil the appearance of. we see ordinarie examples by this licence which wonderfully blemisheth the authoritie and lustre of our law, never to stay upon one sentence, but to run from one to another judge, to decide one same case.
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To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
There had nothing passed betwixt us that might blemish reputation.
Similar: besmirch, denigrate, stain, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmear, bewray, blacken
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: Blot. See also Thesaurus:defect
Translations
Every language
noun small flaw which spoils the appearance of something
| Español | mancha, marca, maca, tacha, tara |
|---|---|
| Português | mácula, mancha |
| Français | tache, imperfection |
| Deutsch | Makel, Schönheitsfehler |
| Italiano | macchia |
| Ελληνικά | κηλίδα kilída |
| Română | pată, imperfecțiune |
| Русский | изъя́н izʺján, дефе́кт defékt, недоста́ток nedostátok |
| Tiếng Việt | vết nhơ |
| עברית | פגם pgam |
noun moral defect
| Español | defecto, lacra, mancilla, mácula, maca, devaneo |
|---|---|
| Français | tache, défaut |
| Deutsch | Makel |
| Ελληνικά | κηλίδα kilída |
| Română | pată, defect, hibă |
| Русский | пятно́ pjatnó, позо́р pozór |
| עברית | פגם מוסרי pgam musarí |
verb Spoil the appearance of
| Español | manchar, perjudicar, macular |
|---|---|
| Română | strica |
| Русский | по́ртить pórtitʹ |
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