intersprinklev.
transitive. To sprinkle here and there, or at intervals; to intersperse.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > among other things
interpose1602
intersow1614
intersperse1647
chequer1677
commix1847
intersprinkle1848
thread1884
1848 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (ed. 7) XVI. lxxvi. 328 Luxuriant valleys intersprinkled with hamlets, vineyards, and flower gardens.
Derivatives
interˈsprinkled adj.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > scattered among other things
interspersed1664
intersprinkled1898
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > covered with something scattered > at intervals
intersticed1848
intersprinkled1898
1898 R. F. Horton Commandm. Jesus viii. 136 The modest purple of the intersprinkled violets.
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