Maculated

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of maculate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having spots or blotches.

    "1891, Ambrose Bierce, “Chickamauga” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E.L.G. Steele, p. 48, [The light] fell upon their faces, touching their whiteness with a ruddy tinge, accentuating the stains with which so many of them were freaked and maculated."

Synonyms

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bespangledblotchydotteddottyflea bittenfreckled

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"1891, Ambrose Bierce, “Chickamauga” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E.L.G. Steele, p. 48, [The light] fell upon their faces, touching their whiteness with a ruddy tinge, accentuating the stains with which so many of them were freaked and maculated."

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