What does "blemish" mean?
Blemish: To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. Oldys.
Additional senses
- 2.Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything; that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. Lev. xiv.
- 3.The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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