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sully
English
Etymology
From Middle English sulen, sulien (“to become dirty; to defile, pollute, taint”), from Old English sylian (“to soil, pollute; to sully”), from Proto-Germanic *suliw?n?, *sulw?n?, *sulwijan? (“to make dirty; to sully”), from Proto-Indo-European *s?l- (“thick liquid, muck”), perhaps conflated partially with Old French souillier (“to soil”) (modern French souiller) from the same Germanic source. The word is cognate with Danish søle (“to sully”), Dutch zaluwen (“to sully”) (Middle Dutch saluwen (“to sully”)), German sühlen (“to sully”), Old Saxon sulian (“to sully”), Swedish söla (“to sully”). Also compare Middle English sulpen (“to defile, pollute”), Old English solian (“to soil, become defiled, make or become foul”), and see more at soil.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?s?li/
- Rhymes: -?li
- Hyphenation: sul?ly
Verb
sully (third-person singular simple present sullies, present participle sullying, simple past and past participle sullied)
- (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
- Synonym: (obsolete) sowl
- (transitive) To corrupt or damage.
- (intransitive, ergative) To become soiled or tarnished.
Alternative forms
- sullow
Coordinate terms
- (to corrupt or damage): besmirch, debase, stain, tarnish
Derived terms
- besully
- unsullied
- unsully
Translations
Noun
sully (plural sullies)
- (rare, obsolete) A blemish.
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blot
English
Etymology
From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bl?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- (General American) IPA(key): /bl?t/
Noun
blot (plural blots)
- A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
- I withdrew my subscription by help of a blot, / And so might discover or gain by the plot:
- 1918, Siegfried Sassoon, “The Death-Bed” in The Old Huntsman and Other Poems, London: Heinemann, p. 95,[1]
- […] He was blind; he could not see the stars
- Glinting among the wraiths of wandering cloud;
- Queer blots of colour, purple, scarlet, green,
- Flickered and faded in his drowning eyes.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
- (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
- (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
- (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted)
- (transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- (intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
- This paper blots easily.
- (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- 1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath
- The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore, […]
- 1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath
- (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- Blot not thy Innocence with guiltle?s Blood.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- to blot out a word or a sentence
- (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- 1656, Abraham Cowley, Davideis
- He ?ung how Earth blots the Moons gilded Wane, […]
- 1656, Abraham Cowley, Davideis
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Bolt, bolt
Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German bl?t (“bare”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), cognate with German bloß (“bare”) and Danish blød (“soft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?l?d?]
Adjective
blot (plural and definite singular attributive blotte)
- (dated) mere, very
Adverb
blot
- (slightly formal) only, merely
Synonyms
- kun, bare
Etymology 2
Borrowed Old Norse blót, from Proto-Germanic *bl?t?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?lo?d?]
Noun
blot
- a sacrifice (especially a blood sacrifice by heathens)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?l?d?]
Verb
blot
- imperative of blotte
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?lo?d?]
Verb
blot
- imperative of blote
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German bl?t (“bare”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), cognate with German bloß (“bare”) and Danish blød (“soft”). Spelling variant of bloot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?blo??t]
Adverb
blot
- only, merely
Synonyms
- blots, man
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, ?ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Luxembourgish
Adjective
blot
- neuter nominative of blo
- neuter accusative of blo
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bl?t?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blo?t/
Noun
bl?t n
- a sacrifice, especially a blood sacrifice by heathens
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