spatteredadj.
/ˈspatəd/ 1. Dispersed or scattered, esp. in drops or small particles.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled
snewed1300
sprengeda1382
strinkledc1440
sprinkled1557
spattered1647
insprinkled1671
insperged1683
shaken1725
spluttery1866
1647 H. More Philos. Poems 322 Those Eastern spatterd lights..purpling the gay Night.
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxii. 97 Where famish'd Dogs..Shall lick their mangled Master's spatter'd Gore.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxix. 119 The spatter'd brain and bubbling blood Hiss'd on the half-extinguish'd wood.
2. Sprinkled, splashed; covered with spots of liquid matter, mud, etc.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [adjective] > slightly
spattered1785
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > splashed or spattered with wet substance
besmotteredc1405
bysparkit1513
bespattered1667
spattered1785
slopped1806
splashed1837
sloppy1839
sploshy1881
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 6 He comes..With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks.
1794 W. Cowper Needless Alarm 125 By panting dog, tir'd man, and spatter'd horse.
1809 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio Nov. 275 The cow loud bawling fills the spatter'd door.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Oct. 2/2 Such is the prospect from my spatter'd pane.
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