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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blemish/ˈblemɪʃ/
noun
  • 1 a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.
  • 2 a moral defect or fault.
verb (often as adj. blemished) spoil the appearance of.
– origin ME (as v.): from OFr. ble(s)miss-, ble(s)mir ‘make pale, injure’; prob. of Gmc origin.



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