maculate
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But his limitations were a virtue because his target was so big -- and so maculate.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Among the robin's maculate cousins, "the reddish tail is the hermit thrush's mark."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Because the matter been so vile, It may nocht have ane ornate style; Wherefore I pray your Excellence To hear me with great patience: Of stinking weedis maculate No man nay mak ane rose-chaplet.
From English Satires by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
Are the diplomatic corps less maculate than in the days of Grenville Murray?
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
V. be variegated &c. adj.; variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer; bespeckle†, speckle; besprinkle, sprinkle; stipple, maculate, dot, bespot†; tattoo, inlay, damascene; embroider, braid, quilt.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.