bespecklev.
/bɪˈspɛk(ə)l/ To speckle over, to variegate with specks or spots.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > spot [verb (transitive)] > speckle
powderc1380
besprenga1425
prick1530
sprinkle1551
peckle1570
speckle1570
speck1580
pepper?1605
pounce1610
freckle1613
freck1621
stipplea1774
punctuate1777
dot1784
puncture1848
bespeckle1860
prickle1888
tick1910
1860 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 976/2 Minute black points..bespeckle the anterior extremity.
Derivatives
beˈspeckled adj.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling > speckled
freckledc1380
specked1382
specky1382
splecked1382
peckleda1400
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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
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 436 The colour yellowish, but bespeckled on the sides with blew spots.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 29 They..bespecckl'd her with all the gaudy allurements of a Whore.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 171 A Translation..every where bespeckled with hard words.
beˈspecklement n.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle > speckled condition
speckledness1611
speckedness1617
nevosity1656
dottiness1795
punctulation1801
speckiness1857
bespecklement1883
troutiness1895
skitteriness1952
1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 631 [They] threw the white foam from their bits..to the bespecklement of the groom's hat and coat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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