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the stain that arrives uninvited and refuses to leave on your terms
means A blotch is an irregular, often messy spot or patch of color, ink, or discoloration that stands out against its surroundings.
from Likely a blend of two older words: 'blot' (a spot or stain, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative) and 'botch' (a swelling, sore, or bungled patch). The two seem to have fused in the early 1600s into 'blotch,' a word that sounds as splattery as the thing it names.
- word origin
- Likely a blend of blot and botch, fittingly messy
- skin sense
- Doctors call discolored skin patches blotches clinically
- art use
- Rorschach turned ink blotches into psychological tests
- sun damage
- Age spots are blotches from decades of sunlight
port wine stain — vascular birthmark affecting 3 in 1000 newborns, often on face or neck
siberian anthrax outbreak 2016 — reindeer herds in yamal peninsula developed massive skin blotches from thawed spores
ink blot test — rorschach test created 1921, uses symmetrical blotches to assess personality