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blemishment

blemishment noun: the state of being blemished; disgrace or damage.

Noun

blemishment (usually uncountable, plural blemishments)

  1. (usually) The state of being blemished; disgrace or damage.
    • For dread of blame and honours blemishment.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 36

Forms of blemishment

pluralblemishments

Origin of blemishment

From blemish + -ment.

Questions about blemishment

What does blemishment mean?
Blemishment means the state of being blemished; disgrace or damage.
What part of speech is blemishment?
Blemishment is a noun.
What is the plural of blemishment?
The plural of blemishment is blemishments.

Words near blemishment in the dictionary

  1. blemishes
  2. blemisheth
  3. blemishing
  4. blemishless
  5. blemishlessness
  6. blemishment
  7. blemishments
  8. blemisht
  9. blemmed
  10. blemming
  11. Blemmyes

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