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"2": "enm",
"3": "blemisshen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blemisshen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "blemissen"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "blemir",
"4": "blemiss-"
},
"expansion": "Old French blemiss-",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "blemir"
},
"expansion": "Old French blemir",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "fro",
"2": "blesmir",
"t": "make pale, injure, wound, bruise"
},
"expansion": "blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "fr",
"2": "blêmir"
},
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"2": "frk",
"3": "*blesmjan"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *blesmjan",
"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "*blasmijan",
"t": "to make pale"
},
"expansion": "*blasmijan (“to make pale”)",
"name": "m"
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"2": "frk",
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"t": "pale"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *blasmi (“pale”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blasaz",
"t": "white, pale"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰel-",
"t": "to shine"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bles",
"t": "white spot"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bles (“white spot”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "blass",
"t": "pale"
},
"expansion": "German blass (“pale”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "āblered",
"t": "bare, uncovered, bald, shaven"
},
"expansion": "Old English āblered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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 *blesmjan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmi (“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”).",
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{
"form": "blemishes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "blemished"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "blemishless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "blemishment"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "emblemishment"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "43 3 53 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Appearance",
"orig": "en:Appearance",
"parents": [
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1769, Oxford Standard Text, King James Bible, Leviticus, 22, xix,\nYe shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats."
},
{
"text": "1997, Jean Soler, 5: The Semiotics of Food in the Bible, Carole Counihan, Penny Van Esterik (editors), Food and Culture: A Reader, page 61,\nAny foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish, and the animal is unclean."
},
{
"text": "2003, A. K. Forrest, Chapter 6: Surface Defect Detection on Ceramics, Mark Graves, Bruce Batchelor (editors), Machine Vision for the Inspection of Natural Products, page 193,\nThere are a very large number of types of blemish and the smallest blemish visible to a human can be surprisingly small, for example less than 10μm deep, which may be on the surface of a heavily embossed tile."
},
{
"ref": "2011, Robert Jones, Makeup Makeovers Beauty Bible: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations, page 119",
"text": "It comes as a surprise to some people, but blemishes can strike at any age. To minimize the appearance of facial blemishes or pimples, use a concealer with a dry texture; it will cling to the blemish better, last throughout the day, and not irritate the skin or initiate more breakouts.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot."
],
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],
[
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],
[
"stain",
"stain"
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[
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"spot"
]
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{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arat",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "արատ"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bic",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "բիծ"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿerutʿyun",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "թերություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nedostatǎk",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недостатък"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "imperfecció"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "taca"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ca",
"english": "on fruit",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "macadura"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "maganya"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "tahra"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "jälki"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tache"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imperfection"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Makel"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schönheitsfehler"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kilída",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κηλίδα"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kēlís",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"Ancient",
"feminine"
],
"word": "κηλίς"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "spílos",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"Ancient",
"masculine"
],
"word": "σπίλος"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pgam",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פגם"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ainimh"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "breall"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cáim"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceo"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cron"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "máchail"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "meann"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"literary"
],
"word": "oil"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spota"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "macchia"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kcɑh",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "ខ្ចោះ"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "macula"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedostatok",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "недостаток"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "mi",
"english": "on the skin",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "tongatonga"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "koha"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "makenu"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "deca"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "taca"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "tara"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "oc",
"english": "on fruit",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "maca"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "oc",
"english": "on fruit",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "macadura"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "maganha"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mácula"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "mancha"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pată"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imperfecțiune"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izʺján",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изъя́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "defékt",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дефе́кт"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недоста́ток"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "blain"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fľak"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "škvrna"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vada"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mancha"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marca"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 25",
"code": "es",
"english": "on fruit",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "maca"
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{
"ref": "1825, A Sermon, The Christian Magazine, volume 2, page 298",
"text": "As piety is the peculiar ornament of old people, so the want of it is a peculiar blemish in their character.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Todd F. Heatherton, The Social Psychology of Stigma, page 103",
"text": "The processes of categorization, stereotyping, discrimination, and self-fulfilling prophecy can also apply to stigmas based on blemishes of individual character.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Annette Baier, Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume, page 46",
"text": "There is no reason to think that the enlivening possible blemish was his hypocritical show of repentance, since there are so many other candidate blemishes to choose among.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A moral defect; a character flaw."
],
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"links": [
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[
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arat",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "արատ"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bic",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "բիծ"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "petno",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "петно"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pozor",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "позор"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "vika"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "tahra"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tache"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "défaut"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Makel"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kilída",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κηλίδα"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pgam musarí",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פגם מוסרי"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "smál"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "defaut"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "defautàs"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "taca"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pată"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "defect"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hibă"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pjatnó",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пятно́"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pozór",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "позо́р"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "nedostatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "chyba"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "defecto"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "lacra"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mancilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kaḷaṅkamu",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "కళంకము"
}
]
}
],
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"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "tara"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"english": "on fruit",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "maca"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"english": "on fruit",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "macadura"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "maganha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mácula"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "mancha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pată"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imperfecțiune"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izʺján",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изъя́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "defékt",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дефе́кт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недоста́ток"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"word": "blain"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fľak"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "škvrna"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaz"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mancha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "on fruit",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small flaw which spoils the appearance of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maca"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arat",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "արատ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bic",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "բիծ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "petno",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "петно"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pozor",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "позор"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "vika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "tahra"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tache"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "défaut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Makel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kilída",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κηλίδα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pgam musarí",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פגם מוסרי"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "smál"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "defaut"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "defautàs"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "taca"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pată"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "defect"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hibă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pjatnó",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пятно́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pozór",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "позо́р"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "nedostatok"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "chyba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "defecto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "lacra"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moral defect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mancilla"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kaḷaṅkamu",
"sense": "moral defect",
"word": "కళంకము"
}
],
"word": "blemish"
}
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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{
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"2": "blass",
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},
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"ref": "1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes[…], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount[…], OCLC 946730821",
"text": "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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{
"text": "2009, Michael A. Kirkman, Chapter 2: Global Markets fo Processed Potato Products, Jaspreet Singh, Lovedeep Kaur (editors), Advances in Potato Chemistry and Technology, page 40,\nGenerally, varieties in current use for processing are resilient, if not wholly resistant to blemishing diseases and disorders."
},
{
"text": "2011, Rob Imrie, Emma Street, Architectural Design and Regulation, unnumbered page,\nI mean it reaches a point of ridiculousness in some regards, and one′s seen actually many good schemes here in San Francisco, for example, that have been blemished by an overly strict adherence to codes."
}
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"To spoil the appearance of."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1600, Francis Vere, Commentaries of the Divers Pieces of Service\nThere had nothing passed betwixt us that might blemish reputation."
}
],
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],
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[
"tarnish",
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]
}
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},
{
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aratavorel",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "արատավորել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿčʿacʿnel",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "փչացնել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "petnja",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "петня"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pozorja",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "позоря"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "tahrata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "pilata"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "strica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pórtitʹ",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "по́ртить"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "poškvrniť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "pokaziť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "kaziť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "manchar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Spoil the appearance of",
"word": "perjudicar"
}
],
"word": "blemish"
}
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