maculated
maculated is the simple past and past participle of maculate.
Meaning of maculate
Verb
maculate (third-person singular simple present maculates, present participle maculating, simple past and past participle maculated)
Adjective
maculated (comparative more maculated, superlative most maculated)
- Having spots or blotches.
- [The light] fell upon their faces, touching their whiteness with a ruddy tinge, accentuating the stains with which so many of them were freaked and maculated.1891, Ambrose Bierce, “Chickamauga” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E.L.G. Steele, p. 48
- She lifts the pen from the maculated blotter.2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 731
- Synonyms:
- maculate
Synonyms of maculated
Forms of maculated
| comparative | more maculated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most maculated |
Words formed from maculated
Questions about maculated
- What does maculated mean?
- Maculated means having spots or blotches.
- What is maculated the simple past and past participle of?
- Maculated is the simple past and past participle of maculate.
- What part of speech is maculated?
- Maculated is an adjective.
Words near maculated in the dictionary
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