unsmirched

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ smirched.

Adjective

unsmirched (comparative more unsmirched, superlative most unsmirched)

1. Not having been smirched; unbesmirched.
   • 1889, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, New York, N.Y.: Charles L. Webster & Company, →OCLC:

     You are English boys, you will remain English boys, and you will keep that name unsmirched.

   • 1899 December, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg. Chapter I.”, in The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published 1900, →OCLC, page 1:

     Hadleyburg was the most honest and upright town in all the region round about. It had kept that reputation unsmirched during three generations, and was prouder of it than of any other of its possessions.

   • 1903, Carter Goodloe, Calvert of Strathore‎^[1]:

     Gossip and rumor left no frailty undiscovered, no reputation unsmirched.

   • 1918, William Magnay, The Hunt Ball Mystery‎^[2]:

     Dick is a good fellow and very fond of me, but, although you might not think it, he is almost absurdly proud of the family name and its unsmirched record.