Definitions for maculate

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maculate mac·u·late

Spelling: [adjective mak-yuh-lit; verb Maculate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in maculate (aacelmtu).

Definitions for maculate

adjective

1. spotted; stained.
2. Archaic. defiled; impure.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark with a spot or spots; stain.
2. to sully or pollute.

Origin of maculate

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin maculātus (past participle of maculāre to spot, stain). See macula, -ate

Examples for maculate

We are maculate, and it is given to no man to probe the mystery of existence.

His heavy, blunt hand fumbled under the maculate apron; his chest heaved with a sudden, tempestuous breathing.

Josephina owns one unchanging dress, septic, maculate and repellent.

maculate -ed: spotted or marked with figures of any shape, of a color different from the ground.