maculate, maculated

[Lat. macu lat us, pa. par. of maculo to spot, to stain; macula =a spot, a stain.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Spotted, stained, blurred, defiled, impure. such colors Shakesp. Love's Labor Lo "Most maculate thoughts, master, are masked under 2. Bot.: The same as BLOTCHED (q. v.). măc-u-lā-tõr-ý, adj. [MACULATE.] Defiling, staining. "The lutulent, spumy, macula tory waters of sin."Adams: Works, i. 166.