maculato

Italian

Alternative forms

• macolato

Etymology

Doublet of macchiato. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kuˈla.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ma‧cu‧là‧to

Adjective

maculato (feminine maculata, masculine plural maculati, feminine plural maculate)

1. (literary or zoology or fashion) spotted
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ed ecco, quasi al cominciar de l'erta, ¶ una lonza leggera e presta molto, ¶ che di pel macolato era coverta; […]

     And lo! almost where the ascent began, a panther light and swift exceedingly, which with a spotted skin was covered o'er!

Further reading

• maculato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• calumato, malacuto, malcauto

Latin

Participle

maculātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of maculātus