different between maculate vs maculose

English

Etymology

Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare (“to spot”).

Verb

maculate (third-person singular simple present maculates, present participle maculating, simple past and past participle maculated)

1. To spot; to stain; to blur.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour

     they wolde nat maculate the honour of their people with suche a reproche

   • 1918, Louis Joseph Vance, The False Faces Chapter 21

     There was a fresh smell in the air. Sidewalks began to be maculated with spreading areas of dryness

Translations

Adjective

maculate (comparative more maculate, superlative most maculate)

1. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
2. Defiled; impure.
   • 1998 May 25, in The New Republic:

     [Les Misérables is] about the struggle of a mistreated man as he rises to the top, along with a mortal conflict between this maculate virtuous man and an immaculate pursuing demon.

Translations

References

• maculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Adjective

maculate

1. feminine plural of maculato

Anagrams

• calumate

Latin

Participle

macul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of macul?tus

English

Adjective

maculose (comparative more maculose, superlative most maculose)

1. Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.

Anagrams

• caulomes, leucomas

Italian

Adjective

maculose

1. feminine plural of maculoso

Anagrams

• mucosale

Latin

Adjective

macul?se

1. vocative masculine singular of macul?sus