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单词 bespecked
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bespeckedadj.

Etymology: < be- prefix 1 + specked adj.: compare besmottered.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: beˈspecked.
Spotted or specked over the surface.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > be spotted [verb (intransitive)] > with speckles
bespecked1565
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
1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iv. f. 3 The berrye is bespect With colour tending too a blacke.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 305 A Dragons skin All bright-bespect.
1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 296 Broad yellow spots [that] her whole body had been bespecked with.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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