un blemished
ɪʃ verb (used with object)
1.
to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.
noun
2.
a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar.
3.
a defect or flaw; stain; blight: a blemish on his record.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English (v.) < Anglo-French, Middle French blemiss-, long stem of ble(s)mir to make livid, perhaps < Old Low Franconian *blesmjan; see blaze2
1275–1325; Middle English (v.) < Anglo-French, Middle French blemiss-, long stem of ble(s)mir to make livid, perhaps < Old Low Franconian *blesmjan; see blaze2
Related forms
blem·ish·er, noun
un·blem·ished, adjective
un·blem·ish·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. stain, sully, spot, tarnish, taint; injure, mar, damage, impair, deface. 3. blot, spot, speck, taint. See defect.
1. stain, sully, spot, tarnish, taint; injure, mar, damage, impair, deface. 3. blot, spot, speck, taint. See defect.
Antonyms
1. purify, repair.
1. purify, repair.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a defect; flaw; stain |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to flaw the perfection of; spoil; tarnish |
| [C14: from Old French blemir to make pale, probably of Germanic origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
blemish
early 14c., from O.Fr. blemiss- "to turn pale," extended stem of blemir, blesmir "to make pale; stain, discolor," also "to injure" (13c., Mod.Fr. blêmir), probably from Frankish *blesmjan "to cause to turn pale," from P.Gmc. *blas "shining, white," from PIE base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn"
(see bleach). The noun is first recorded 1520s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
blemish blem·ish (blěm'ĭsh)
n.
A small circumscribed alteration of the skin considered to be unesthetic but insignificant.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Blemish definition
imperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering animals unfit to be offered in sacrifice (Lev. 21:17-23; 22:19-25). The Christian church, as justified in Christ, is "without blemish" (Eph. 5:27). Christ offered himself a sacrifice "without blemish," acceptable to God (1 Pet. 1:19).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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