LekhoriLekhoriTo spot; to stain; to blur.
they wolde nat maculate the honour of their people with suche a reproche
past participle of maculate
That the honour of verteous gentil men, be nocht maculat vitht the vice ande inciuilite of vicius pretendit gentil men.
Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
Defiled, impure.
[Les Misérables is] about the struggle of a mistreated man as he rises to the top, along with a mortal conflict between this maculate virtuous man and an immaculate pursuing demon.
First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle o...
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