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blottest

blottest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of blot.

Meaning of blot

Verb

blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted)

  1. (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
  2. (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.
    • This paper blots easily.
  3. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
  4. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
    • The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore,[…]1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath
  5. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
    • It blots thy beautie, as froſts doe bite the Meads,[…]c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  6. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
    • Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood.1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert

See all 14 meanings of blot

Origin of blottest

blot + -est

Questions about blottest

What is blottest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blottest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of blot.

Words near blottest in the dictionary

  1. blotter art
  2. blotters
  3. blottery
  4. blottesque
  5. blottesques
  6. blottest
  7. blotteth
  8. blottier
  9. blottiest
  10. blotting
  11. blotting book

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