maculōsus adj. macula, spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated: tegmine lyncis, V.: tigris, O.

—Spotted, blotted, stained, defiled: vestis: Littera, O.

—Fig., defiled, polluted, filthy: senatores, in bad repute: aedes, Iu.: nefas, abominable, H.: omni dedecore, Iu.