specklingn.

Etymology: < speckle v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspeckling.

The action of speckle v.; speckled marking or marks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle > speckling

speckling1611

peppering1788

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tacheture,..a spotting, speckling, marking.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een spickelinge, a Speckling, or a Spotting.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 254 More or less dusky speckling on the throat, breast and sides.

1965 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 55 247/1 Speckling has..been observed when viewing a translucent material which is backlighted by a cw [sc. continuous wave] laser.

1973 Astrophysical Jrnl. 182 l139 Small, high-contrast features such as umbral dots and faculae near the limb [of the sun] show the speckling most clearly.

Derivatives

ˈspeckling adj. producing speckles or blemishes. In quot. 1602 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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

speckling1602

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adjective] > blemished > spotted > spotting

speckling1602

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. F4^v O, this is naught, but speckling melancholie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	speckling
释义	specklingn. Etymology: < speckle v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspeckling. The action of speckle v.; speckled marking or marks. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle > speckling speckling1611 peppering1788 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tacheture,..a spotting, speckling, marking. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een spickelinge, a Speckling, or a Spotting. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 254 More or less dusky speckling on the throat, breast and sides. 1965 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 55 247/1 Speckling has..been observed when viewing a translucent material which is backlighted by a cw [sc. continuous wave] laser. 1973 Astrophysical Jrnl. 182 l139 Small, high-contrast features such as umbral dots and faculae near the limb [of the sun] show the speckling most clearly. Derivatives ˈspeckling adj. producing speckles or blemishes. In quot. 1602 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling speckling1602 the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adjective] > blemished > spotted > spotting speckling1602 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. F4^v O, this is naught, but speckling melancholie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1602
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