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ˈspeckless, a.
[f. speck n.1]
Having no speck or speckle; free from specks, blemishes, flaws, etc. Also in fig. context.
1788Wolcot (P. Pindar) Peter's Proph. 41 The beautiful deformities of nature! Birds without heads, and tails, and wings, and legs,..speckless eggs [etc.]. a1827Wordsw. Misc. Sonn. ii. xix, If his thought stand clear,..Bright, speckless, as a softly-moulded tear. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xviii, The second sun set—still the horizon was speckless. 1889C. Edwardes Sardinia 120 The speckless blue of the sky.
b. Free from specks of dirt, dust, etc.; scrupulously or spotlessly clean. Also in fig. context.
1827Pusey in Liddon Life (1893) I. vii. 137 Viewing their minds in the almost speckless mirror of his own. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede i, The leaded windows were bright and speckless. 1879Macquoid Berksh. Lady 159 Afraid of soiling his speckless shoes.
Hence ˈspecklessly adv., ˈspecklessness.
1862T. A. Trollope Marietta I. x. 187 Signor Giusseppe Palli..equally rigid and bolt upright in his chair, equally specklessly black. 1876Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. xiii. 130 The whole turn-out is specklessly brilliant in finish. 1882‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versa iv. 64 His dress..having all the uncreased trimness and specklessness [etc.]. |