speckyadj.¹

/ˈspɛki/

Forms: Also 1600s speckie, 1700s speckey.

Etymology: < speck n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Covered or marked with specks; speckled, spotted; having specks or spots of disease, discoloration, etc.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > spotted

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splecked1382

splecky1398

spotteda1425

sproteda1500

motey1786

bespotted-

the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling > speckled

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spurtled1513

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dotted1601

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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. 33 Alle that weren not dyuerse, and speckid [v.rr. specky, specke].

1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Sheep (1596) 206 Although the skinne be specky and spotted of diuers colours.

1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 65 In some parts it appeared specky or full of small holes.

1793 Trans. Soc. Arts 11 17 For where the leaves curl, the fruit is always specky.

1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) I. 48/1 When ground with wheat, they render the flour ‘specky’.

1865 Intellectual Observer No. 37. 18 A turbid or specky appearance.

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 34 Pieces [of steel] that have been cleaned in dirty benzine..will become specky in bluing.

in extended use.1858 Dublin Univ. Mag. 52 265/1 A style which might technically be termed specky, and disfigured by some affectations which honest criticism must deplore.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

speckyadj.²

Etymology: < spec- (in specs n.) + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspecky.

colloquial.

Bespectacled.

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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [adjective] > wearing spectacles

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barnacled1725

bespectacled1742

eyeglassed1830

specky1956

1956 R. Jenkins Guests of War iv. i. 167 The unbraw unlovable puke married to yon specky gasping smout of a barber.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 172 A girl or boy with spectacles is known as ‘Four-eyes’, ‘Specky four-eyes’, ‘Annie four eyes’... Occasionally he is ‘Eye balls’..and ‘Specky Jock’ (Scotland).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	specky
释义	speckyadj.¹ /ˈspɛki/ Forms: Also 1600s speckie, 1700s speckey. Etymology: < speck n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Covered or marked with specks; speckled, spotted; having specks or spots of disease, discoloration, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > spotted spotty1340 specky1382 splecked1382 splecky1398 spotteda1425 sproteda1500 motey1786 bespotted- 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. 33 Alle that weren not dyuerse, and speckid [v.rr. specky, specke]. 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Sheep (1596) 206 Although the skinne be specky and spotted of diuers colours. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 65 In some parts it appeared specky or full of small holes. 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts 11 17 For where the leaves curl, the fruit is always specky. 1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) I. 48/1 When ground with wheat, they render the flour ‘specky’. 1865 Intellectual Observer No. 37. 18 A turbid or specky appearance. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 34 Pieces [of steel] that have been cleaned in dirty benzine..will become specky in bluing. in extended use.1858 Dublin Univ. Mag. 52 265/1 A style which might technically be termed specky, and disfigured by some affectations which honest criticism must deplore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). speckyadj.² Etymology: < spec- (in specs n.) + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspecky. colloquial. Bespectacled. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [adjective] > wearing spectacles spectacleda1616 barnacled1725 bespectacled1742 eyeglassed1830 specky1956 1956 R. Jenkins Guests of War iv. i. 167 The unbraw unlovable puke married to yon specky gasping smout of a barber. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 172 A girl or boy with spectacles is known as ‘Four-eyes’, ‘Specky four-eyes’, ‘Annie four eyes’... Occasionally he is ‘Eye balls’..and ‘Specky Jock’ (Scotland). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.¹1382adj.²1956
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