speckedadj.
/spɛkt/ 1.
a. Covered or marked with specks or spots; speckled; chequered, dappled, variegated.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]
fawa700
medleyc1350
freckledc1380
motleyc1380
pied1382
specked1382
vary1382
partyc1385
parted1393
peckleda1400
polymitec1425
sere-colouredc1425
vairc1425
discoloured?1440
motleyed1447
varying1488
sheld1507
fleckered1508
piet1508
mellay1515
particoloured1530
pickled1552
varied1578
mingled1580
partly coloured1582
chequered1592
medley-coloured1593
mingle-coloured1593
piebald1594
feathered1610
changeable1612
particolour1612
enamelled1613
variousa1618
pie-coloured1619
jaspered1620
gangean1623
versicolour1628
patchwork1634
damasked1648
variously-coloureda1660
variegateda1661
agated1665
varicoloured1665
damaska1674
various-coloureda1711
pieted1721
versicoloured1721
diversicoloured1756
mosaic1776
harlequin1779
spanged1788
calico1807
piety1811
varied-coloured1811
discolorate1826
heterochromous1842
jaspé1851
discolor1859
discolorous1860
jasperoid1876
damascened1879
heterochromatic1895
variotinted1903
batik1914
varihued1921
rumbled1930
damasky1931
pepper-and-salt1940
partihued1959
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
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxx. 32 Seuer alle thi speckid sheep, and with speckyd flese, and what euere ȝolow, and speckid, and dyuerse colourid were, as wel in sheep as in geyt, shal be my mede.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 189 Ȝif þey drynken of boþe, þey schulle worþe spekked of dyuers colour.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. lxviii His backe is diuerslich ischape & specked as þe pard is.
c1450 Nominale (Harl. 1002) 147 b Scutulatus, speckud.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 411 A syde hede and a fare fax, His gowne must be spekytt.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 64 The floures are..specked in the knappes and buddes.
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 387 Wheare seemd a longe speckd snake, his postern drewe and wrigled, her to stinge with forker blewe.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 227 Sure a pure Chrystall would more pleasant be Than a spect glasse tainted by venemous eye.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Speckt~wiper, a colour'd Handkerchief.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 204 The speckt throstle never wakes his song.
1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Speckt baw, a suet dumpling with currants in it.
b. Of fruit: Having specks of decay or disease.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [adjective] > decayed or decaying
sleepy1790
mosy1804
turpid1866
specked1882
dozy1923
1882 Garden 4 Feb. 72/2 Even when the trees are but slightly affected by either canker or mildew the fruit is sure to be specked and comparatively valueless for market.
1897 Daily News 9 Sept. 3/7 ‘Specked’ fruit was fruit damaged, but not necessarily unsound.
[see speckedness n. at Derivatives]. ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [adjective]
specked1648
eruptive1790
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ceter, of schorfte als Lazerie, specked Leprosie.
Derivatives
ˈspeckedness n. the state of being specked or covered with specks, blemishes, etc.; a specked or unsound place.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > types of: defectiveness or faultiness > other
speckedness1617
flea-bittenness1837
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [noun] > damaged or rejected > damaged part or place
speckedness1617
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > spotted condition
spottiness1611
speckedness1617
bespottednessa1882
the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle > speckled condition
speckledness1611
speckedness1617
nevosity1656
dottiness1795
punctulation1801
speckiness1857
bespecklement1883
troutiness1895
skitteriness1952
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decay or decaying > that which is decayed > a decayed spot or part > being covered with many
speckedness1617
1617 F. Holyoake Dictionarium Etymologicum in Riders Dict. (new ed.) sig. Zzz2 Nævositas, speckednesse.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Nevosity Speckedness, fulness of moles or freckles.
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick iv. v. 119 See that [the fruits]..bee sound, without any bruise, or speckednesse.
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