Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not stained; not soiled or blacked; clean: as, an unsmirched character.
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- adjective Not having been
smirched ;unbesmirched .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She always protected her modesty from hurt; and so, for reward, she carried her good name unsmirched to the end.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 Mark Twain 1872
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One of the characters is an upright citizen of "Old Virginia" and must keep his family name "unsmirched."
Besmear One's Mouth Ronda 2008
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He has since been removed from it, and McCoy's record remains unsmirched, except for the time he stole the cadaver.
Doctor’s Orders Diane Duane 2000
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The F.F.V. was born a gentleman; his highest duty in life was to watch over that great inheritance and keep it unsmirched.
Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955
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All crystal-clear, unsmirched by any smoke of industry.
Ruined City Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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She sends him, deliberately; he must break through the quintessential whiteness that surrounds her -- but he is to come back unsmirched.
Browning's Heroines Ethel Colburn Mayne
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Hitherto he has trusted her word that the feat can be achieved, the ray trod to its edge, yet he return unsmirched.
Browning's Heroines Ethel Colburn Mayne
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Of life unsmirched, once came to him in straits and travail sore,
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 Various
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Her abductor got no pleasure of her and Omar's honour was unsmirched -- though he never knew it, poor devil.
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Gossip and rumor left no frailty undiscovered, no reputation unsmirched.
Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe
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