stippledadj.
/ˈstɪp(ə)ld/ 1. Painted, engraved, etc. with dots: see the verb.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > stippled
stippled1811
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [adjective] > stippled
peppery1610
dotted1784
stippled1811
stipple-engraved1936
1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 525 An elegantly finished stippled engraving.
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 199 Dots that somewhat resemble the stippled markings of the miniature painter.
1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 583/2 A stippled painted wall.
2. transferred. Of natural objects: Having a dotted or minutely spotted appearance like stippled painting or engraving.
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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
1876 J. G. Jeffreys in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 18 496 Inside glossy and stippled, showing under the microscope traces of longitudinal striæ.
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 152 Unexpected breezes..rasped the smooth bay in evanescent patches of stippled shade.
1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis ii. 60 Varieties of coating [of the tongue] distinguished as ‘stippled’, ‘coated’, ‘plastered’, ‘furred’, and ‘encrusted’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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