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Definition blemish

Etymology

From Middle English blemisshen, blemissen, from Old French blemiss-, stem of Old French blemir, blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”) (French blêmir), from Old Frankish *blesmjan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmi (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English ?blered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).

Noun

blemish (plural blemishes)

1. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
2. A moral defect; a character flaw.

Verb

blemish (third-person singular simple present blemishes, present participle blemishing, simple past and past participle blemished)

1. To spoil the appearance of.
2. To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

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