blemish
/ˈblɛmɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.85 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats."
- "Any foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish, and the animal is unclean."
- "There are a very large number of types of blemish and the smallest blemish visible to a human can be surprisingly small, for example less than 10μm deep, which may be on the surface of a heavily embossed tile."
- "It comes as a surprise to some people, but blemishes can strike at any age. To minimize the appearance of facial blemishes or pimples, use a concealer with a dry texture; it will cling to the blemish better, last throughout the day, and not irritate the skin or initiate more breakouts."
- "As piety is the peculiar ornament of old people, so the want of it is a peculiar blemish in their character."
- "The processes of categorization, stereotyping, discrimination, and self-fulfilling prophecy can also apply to stigmas based on blemishes of individual character."
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 *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmī (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English āblered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: blemisshen, blemir, *blesmijan, *blasmī, *blasaz, *bʰel-