Word of the Day – Maculate

Maculate (adj) (verb) (literary)

mak-oo-layt

Spotted, stained. To mark with spots or stain.

Late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin maculat- ‘spotted’, from maculare ‘to spot’, from macula ‘spot’.

Example sentences

“I don’t want it, it’s maculate with the blood of the victims.”

“Don’t maculate it, we need it for the final show.”