different between blemish vs muli

English

Etymology

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 *b?el- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English ?blered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?m??/
• Hyphenation: blem?ish

Noun

blemish (plural blemishes)

1. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
   • 1769, Oxford Standard Text, King James Bible, Leviticus, 22, xix,

     Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

   • 1997, Jean Soler, 5: The Semiotics of Food in the Bible, Carole Counihan, Penny Van Esterik (editors), Food and Culture: A Reader, page 61,

     Any foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish, and the animal is unclean.

   • 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,

     There 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 10?m deep, which may be on the surface of a heavily embossed tile.
2. A moral defect; a character flaw.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defect

Related terms

• blemished (adjective)
• blemishless
• blemishment

Translations

Verb

blemish (third-person singular simple present blemishes, present participle blemishing, simple past and past participle blemished)

1. To spoil the appearance of.
   • 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,

     Generally, varieties in current use for processing are resilient, if not wholly resistant to blemishing diseases and disorders.

   • 2011, Rob Imrie, Emma Street, Architectural Design and Regulation, unnumbered page,

     I 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.

2. To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
   • 1600, Francis Vere, Commentaries of the Divers Pieces of Service

     There had nothing passed betwixt us that might blemish reputation.

Translations

English

Noun

muli (plural mulis)

1. Alternative form of mooli

Anagrams

• IUML, limu, milu

Finnish

Noun

muli

1. A head with very short hair.

Declension

Synonyms

• puli

Anagrams

• Lumi, limu, lumi

Italian

Noun

muli m pl

1. plural of mulo

Anagrams

• lumi

Kapampangan

Noun

muli

1. act of returning home

Latin

Noun

m?l?

1. genitive singular of m?lus
2. nominative plural of m?lus
3. vocative plural of m?lus

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?muli/, [?mul?i]

Noun

muli

1. inflection of mula:
   1. dative/locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu.l?i/

Etymology 1

From mu? +? -i.

Adjective

muli

1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mules.

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

muli

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of mula

Noun

muli

1. genitive plural of mul
2. genitive plural of mule

Verb

muli

1. third-person singular present of muli?

Further reading

• muli in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tok Pisin

Noun

muli

1. Alternative form of moli

Volapük

Noun

muli

1. accusative singular of mul