blemish
意味
- (美・完全をそこなう)きず;汚点,欠点
- …を損なう,汚す
例文
Her beauty was blemished by the scar.
彼女の美貌もその傷で台無しになった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
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”).