OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21989

blemish

/ˈblɛmɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
maca • mancha • marca • tacha • tara
A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
Any foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish, and the animal is unclean.
Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
defecto • devaneo • imperfección • indiscreción • lacra • maca • mancilla • mácula
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.
The processes of categorization, stereotyping, discrimination, and self-fulfilling prophecy can also apply to stigmas based on blemishes of individual character.
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 21990

blemish

/ˈblɛmɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
macular • manchar • perjudicar
To spoil the appearance of.
Generally, varieties in current use for processing are resilient, if not wholly resistant to blemishing diseases and disorders.
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,…