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liturate

The English word “liturate” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Being or having indistinct spots, paler at the margins.
  2. Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.

Etymology

First attested in 1826; Latin litūrātus, perfect passive participle and participial adjective from litūrō (“to erase”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from litūra (“a blur”).

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