maculation

[mak-yuh-ley-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of spotting.

2. a spotted condition.

3. a marking of spots, as on an animal.

4. a disfiguring spot or stain.

Word History and Origins

Origin of maculation¹

1425–75 for earlier sense “sexual defilement”; late Middle English < Latin maculātiōn- (stem of maculātiō ). See maculate, -ion

Example Sentences

It had, however, broad maculations of bluish-black, obviously caused by extravasated blood from contusions.

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Subspecies: a well-marked form of a species differing from the type in some character of color or maculation which is recognizable but does not prevent a fertile union: an indefinite and opinionative division.

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It had, however, broad maculations of bluish black, obviously caused by extravasated blood from contusions.

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He could make out a mottled pattern on the hollow cheeks—the maculations of decay.

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The rock was bluish black, spattered with maculations of a ruddy sanguine tint, as though drops of blood had oozed out, in places, from its stony heart.

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Related Words

• blot 
• blotch 
• bruise 
• discoloration 
• freckle 
• imperfection 
• pimple 
• scar 
• smudge 
• snag 
• stain 
• stigma 
• wart