dottedadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɒtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈdɑdəd/

Forms: 1600s doted, 1600s– dotted.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dot n.¹, -ed suffix², dot v.¹, -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < dot n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly (in later use) < dot v.¹ + -ed suffix¹.With the specific use in sense 2b compare French pointillé (1414 in Middle French; frequently in manière pointillée).

a. Marked, covered, or patterned with dots. Also (in predicative use): scattered with a number of similar objects. Now also as the second element of compounds: scattered with examples of the thing specified.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling > speckled

freckledc1380

specked1382

specky1382

splecked1382

peckleda1400

speckleda1400

pleckedc1410

frecknyc1440

sparkled1480

spurtled1513

sprittleda1522

spreckled1535

speckle1536

pickled1552

spink1558

bespecked1565

spanged1582

spinked1588

spangled1590

dotted1601

bespeckled1607

peppery1610

peppered1694

fleckled1700

spankled1703

speckly1705

pounced1727

punctulateda1728

dotty1795

punctulate1845

naevose1847

peckly1859

polka-dotted1872

stippled1876

oatmeal1880

guttulate1887

naevous1890

stipply1892

thrush-breast1896

skittery1955

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxiii. 329 There be some Insects ingendred of raine drops standing upon the earth; and others also in wood. For not only the ordinarie wood-wormes breed in timber, but also certain Brees and Horse-flies come of it,..whensoeuer the wood is dotted with overmuch moisture.

1757 J. Hill Eden 376 (heading) Dotted Acadian Lilly.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 335 There are generally several colours together, and these are arranged in striped, dotted, and clouded delineations.

1872 Princess Alice Mem. 12 Nov. (1884) 287 The wide plateau looked dreary and sad—dotted all over with graves.

1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 18/3 A cool little blouse of sheer dotted organdie is this one.

1979 Sunset Apr. 38 (caption) Jagged, glacier-dotted Mount Moran hobnobs with the clouds.

2013 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 10 Dec. Lulu dons her trademark all-red ladybug look, dotted wings and tutu over puffy jacket.

b. spec. Designating any of various European moths having small spots on the forewings, esp. of the families Geometridae and Noctuidae.

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1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 206 The dotted Rustic.

1881 Trans. Cumberland Assoc. for Advancement Lit. & Sci. 1880–1 43 The Dotted Carpet (Cleora glabraria). I have taken great numbers of this generally-rare moth in three localities here.

1907 R. South Moths Brit. Isles I. ii. 187 The dotted footman (Pelosia muscerda).

1957 New Scientist 28 Nov. 31/2 The female dotted border moth has rudimentary wings, but the male possesses ample wings of a brownish colour, marked with small, dark dots near the borders.

2018 @davidk142 24 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Only 11 species in trap last night but my second Dotted Chestnut in 5 years was a nice bonus.

a. Formed of or traced out by dots.Recorded earliest in dotted line n.

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1681 W. Mather Very Useful Man. 160 And one side is 16 Inches, and the doted Line, or perpendicular ten Inches.

1731 J. Harris Descr. & Use Globes & Orrery 171 The parallel Circle touching Ecliptick in S, is the Tropick of Cancer; the dotted Circle the Parallel of London.

1793 T. Sheraton Cabinet-maker & Upholsterer's Drawing-bk. I. i. 21 This is clearly exemplified in the figure by the small dotted divisions on each line.

1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius vii. 177 One such cone is represented by a dotted outline.

1915 R. A. Houstoun Treat. Light x. 157 There is uniform illumination at all points whose poles lie inside the inner dotted square.

2008 S. Grabarchuk et al. Simple Bk. Not-so-simple Puzzles 63 In the solution diagrams of matchstick puzzles, start and final positions for moved matchsticks are shown as dotted and black matchsticks, respectively.

b. Of engraving: executed by dots instead of lines; stippled.

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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > [adjective] > dotted

punctulated1685

dotted1784

ticked1833

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [adjective] > stippled

peppery1610

dotted1784

stippled1811

stipple-engraved1936

1784 Public Advertiser 26 Apr. The Prince of Wales and Mrs. Siddons are undertaken by Hayward in the dotted Manner so much in Fashion.

1897 R. E. Graves in Dict. National Biogr. L. 58/2 He [sc. Ryland] adopted the ‘chalk’ or dotted manner of engraving.

1938 Burlington Mag. Mar. 150/1 The importance of Cologne for the production of dotted prints.

2000 Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 63 172/1 Publishers became increasingly involved with the production of plates in the dotted manner.

3. Modified by the addition of a dot; spec. (a) Music (of a note) having a dot (dot n.¹ 6) placed after it to lengthen it by half as much again; cf. dotted rhythm n. at Compounds; (b) (of a letter or figure) having a dot (dot n.¹ 5a) placed over, under, or next to it to modify its meaning, pronunciation, or value; (of an alphabet) consisting of such letters.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [adjective] > dotted (of notes)

pricked1659

dottedc1760

overdotted1960

c1760 C. Ashworth Coll. Tunes ii. 10 (heading) Example of dotted Notes.

1868 S. Deutsch New Pract. Hebrew Gram. i. x. 151 For the thousands and the higher numbers the dotted alphabet is used.

1978 Improving College & Univ. Teaching 26 244/1 The Turkish alphabet has..an undotted ‘i’ as well as a dotted ‘i’, depending on the sound of the vowel.

2013 C. Dimpker Extended Notation ii. ii. 284 The new delay time amounts to a dotted crotchet and a semiquaver.

Compounds

dotted rhythm n. Music a rhythm made up of a combination of long, typically dotted, notes alternating with shorter ones.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > specific rhythms

triplac1550

semibreve time1591

common measure1597

common time1597

nonupla1597

triple1597

binary measure1609

triple time1654

treble time1686

ternary measure or time1728

alla breve1731

ribattuta1740

four-four time1826

compound time1848

dotted rhythm1872

six-eight tempo1873

six-four1873

six-eight time1884

six-four time1884

six-two time1884

twelve-eight1884

slow drag1901

two-rhythm1901

three-four1902

sprung rhythm1944

songo1978

one-drop1979

1872 Monthly Musical Rec. Mar. 31/1 This vigorous subject is continued.., the dotted rhythm of the first bar forming an important feature.

1989 Jrnl. Musicol. 7 221 The effect of choppiness is also suggested by the dotted rhythms and rapid grace-notes in the violins.

2016 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Lifestyle section) 31 It is a delightful piece, with its dotted rhythms reminiscent of the siciliano style.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dotted
释义	dottedadj. Brit. /ˈdɒtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈdɑdəd/ Forms: 1600s doted, 1600s– dotted. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dot n.¹, -ed suffix², dot v.¹, -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < dot n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly (in later use) < dot v.¹ + -ed suffix¹.With the specific use in sense 2b compare French pointillé (1414 in Middle French; frequently in manière pointillée). 1. a. Marked, covered, or patterned with dots. Also (in predicative use): scattered with a number of similar objects. Now also as the second element of compounds: scattered with examples of the thing specified. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling > speckled freckledc1380 specked1382 specky1382 splecked1382 peckleda1400 speckleda1400 pleckedc1410 frecknyc1440 sparkled1480 spurtled1513 sprittleda1522 spreckled1535 speckle1536 pickled1552 spink1558 bespecked1565 spanged1582 spinked1588 spangled1590 dotted1601 bespeckled1607 peppery1610 peppered1694 fleckled1700 spankled1703 speckly1705 pounced1727 punctulateda1728 dotty1795 punctulate1845 naevose1847 peckly1859 polka-dotted1872 stippled1876 oatmeal1880 guttulate1887 naevous1890 stipply1892 thrush-breast1896 skittery1955 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxiii. 329 There be some Insects ingendred of raine drops standing upon the earth; and others also in wood. For not only the ordinarie wood-wormes breed in timber, but also certain Brees and Horse-flies come of it,..whensoeuer the wood is dotted with overmuch moisture. 1757 J. Hill Eden 376 (heading) Dotted Acadian Lilly. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 335 There are generally several colours together, and these are arranged in striped, dotted, and clouded delineations. 1872 Princess Alice Mem. 12 Nov. (1884) 287 The wide plateau looked dreary and sad—dotted all over with graves. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 18/3 A cool little blouse of sheer dotted organdie is this one. 1979 Sunset Apr. 38 (caption) Jagged, glacier-dotted Mount Moran hobnobs with the clouds. 2013 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 10 Dec. Lulu dons her trademark all-red ladybug look, dotted wings and tutu over puffy jacket. b. spec. Designating any of various European moths having small spots on the forewings, esp. of the families Geometridae and Noctuidae. ΚΠ 1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 206 The dotted Rustic. 1881 Trans. Cumberland Assoc. for Advancement Lit. & Sci. 1880–1 43 The Dotted Carpet (Cleora glabraria). I have taken great numbers of this generally-rare moth in three localities here. 1907 R. South Moths Brit. Isles I. ii. 187 The dotted footman (Pelosia muscerda). 1957 New Scientist 28 Nov. 31/2 The female dotted border moth has rudimentary wings, but the male possesses ample wings of a brownish colour, marked with small, dark dots near the borders. 2018 @davidk142 24 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Only 11 species in trap last night but my second Dotted Chestnut in 5 years was a nice bonus. 2. a. Formed of or traced out by dots.Recorded earliest in dotted line n. ΚΠ 1681 W. Mather Very Useful Man. 160 And one side is 16 Inches, and the doted Line, or perpendicular ten Inches. 1731 J. Harris Descr. & Use Globes & Orrery 171 The parallel Circle touching Ecliptick in S, is the Tropick of Cancer; the dotted Circle the Parallel of London. 1793 T. Sheraton Cabinet-maker & Upholsterer's Drawing-bk. I. i. 21 This is clearly exemplified in the figure by the small dotted divisions on each line. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius vii. 177 One such cone is represented by a dotted outline. 1915 R. A. Houstoun Treat. Light x. 157 There is uniform illumination at all points whose poles lie inside the inner dotted square. 2008 S. Grabarchuk et al. Simple Bk. Not-so-simple Puzzles 63 In the solution diagrams of matchstick puzzles, start and final positions for moved matchsticks are shown as dotted and black matchsticks, respectively. b. Of engraving: executed by dots instead of lines; stippled. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > [adjective] > dotted punctulated1685 dotted1784 ticked1833 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [adjective] > stippled peppery1610 dotted1784 stippled1811 stipple-engraved1936 1784 Public Advertiser 26 Apr. The Prince of Wales and Mrs. Siddons are undertaken by Hayward in the dotted Manner so much in Fashion. 1897 R. E. Graves in Dict. National Biogr. L. 58/2 He [sc. Ryland] adopted the ‘chalk’ or dotted manner of engraving. 1938 Burlington Mag. Mar. 150/1 The importance of Cologne for the production of dotted prints. 2000 Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 63 172/1 Publishers became increasingly involved with the production of plates in the dotted manner. 3. Modified by the addition of a dot; spec. (a) Music (of a note) having a dot (dot n.¹ 6) placed after it to lengthen it by half as much again; cf. dotted rhythm n. at Compounds; (b) (of a letter or figure) having a dot (dot n.¹ 5a) placed over, under, or next to it to modify its meaning, pronunciation, or value; (of an alphabet) consisting of such letters. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [adjective] > dotted (of notes) pricked1659 dottedc1760 overdotted1960 c1760 C. Ashworth Coll. Tunes ii. 10 (heading) Example of dotted Notes. 1868 S. Deutsch New Pract. Hebrew Gram. i. x. 151 For the thousands and the higher numbers the dotted alphabet is used. 1978 Improving College & Univ. Teaching 26 244/1 The Turkish alphabet has..an undotted ‘i’ as well as a dotted ‘i’, depending on the sound of the vowel. 2013 C. Dimpker Extended Notation ii. ii. 284 The new delay time amounts to a dotted crotchet and a semiquaver. Compounds dotted rhythm n. Music a rhythm made up of a combination of long, typically dotted, notes alternating with shorter ones. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > specific rhythms triplac1550 semibreve time1591 common measure1597 common time1597 nonupla1597 triple1597 binary measure1609 triple time1654 treble time1686 ternary measure or time1728 alla breve1731 ribattuta1740 four-four time1826 compound time1848 dotted rhythm1872 six-eight tempo1873 six-four1873 six-eight time1884 six-four time1884 six-two time1884 twelve-eight1884 slow drag1901 two-rhythm1901 three-four1902 sprung rhythm1944 songo1978 one-drop1979 1872 Monthly Musical Rec. Mar. 31/1 This vigorous subject is continued.., the dotted rhythm of the first bar forming an important feature. 1989 Jrnl. Musicol. 7 221 The effect of choppiness is also suggested by the dotted rhythms and rapid grace-notes in the violins. 2016 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Lifestyle section) 31 It is a delightful piece, with its dotted rhythms reminiscent of the siciliano style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1601
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