blue-spottedadj.

Brit.

/ˌbluːˈspɒtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌspɑdəd/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and spotted adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., spotted adj.

Etymology: < blue adj. + spotted adj.

Marked with blue spots. Now chiefly in the names of animals.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > spotted > having specific coloured spots

black-spotted1545

white-spotted1566

red-spotted1569

blue-spotted1640

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum iii. xxvi. 404 Blew spotted gentian.

1664 J. Beale in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 26 Green-Musts called also Green-fillet, and Blew spotted: Why, I say, I should prefer them for Cider.

1766 R. Andrews tr. Virgil Aeneid iv. in Wks. 245 With bloody rolling eyes, and quivering cheeks Blue spotted, pale e'en now all o'er as death.

1800 S. Taylor Angling in all its Branches iii. 249 The blue spotted feather from a jay's wing.

1872 Ladies' Repository July 20/2 The sturdy Apple of Peru. It has large irregular green leaves, and white flowers, blue-spotted, with peculiar plaited borders.

1911 Biol. Bull. 21 134 A single juvenile blue-spotted sunfish was found in Pond 56.

1943 Life 14 June 10/2 A lean man, his legs blue-spotted with chigger bites, slipped into the water where the men were washing.

1966 A. Leutscher tr. Reptiles & Amphibians 41 Males occasionally occur with scattered dots which vary from brown to deep blue..(so-called Blue-spotted Slow-worm).

2004 M. Schonberg Mich. Plants & Animals 31 Several salamander species call Michigan home, but the blue-spotted salamander is among the most common.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue-spotted
释义	blue-spottedadj. Brit. /ˌbluːˈspɒtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈbluˌspɑdəd/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and spotted adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., spotted adj. Etymology: < blue adj. + spotted adj. Marked with blue spots. Now chiefly in the names of animals. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > spotted > having specific coloured spots black-spotted1545 white-spotted1566 red-spotted1569 blue-spotted1640 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum iii. xxvi. 404 Blew spotted gentian. 1664 J. Beale in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 26 Green-Musts called also Green-fillet, and Blew spotted: Why, I say, I should prefer them for Cider. 1766 R. Andrews tr. Virgil Aeneid iv. in Wks. 245 With bloody rolling eyes, and quivering cheeks Blue spotted, pale e'en now all o'er as death. 1800 S. Taylor Angling in all its Branches iii. 249 The blue spotted feather from a jay's wing. 1872 Ladies' Repository July 20/2 The sturdy Apple of Peru. It has large irregular green leaves, and white flowers, blue-spotted, with peculiar plaited borders. 1911 Biol. Bull. 21 134 A single juvenile blue-spotted sunfish was found in Pond 56. 1943 Life 14 June 10/2 A lean man, his legs blue-spotted with chigger bites, slipped into the water where the men were washing. 1966 A. Leutscher tr. Reptiles & Amphibians 41 Males occasionally occur with scattered dots which vary from brown to deep blue..(so-called Blue-spotted Slow-worm). 2004 M. Schonberg Mich. Plants & Animals 31 Several salamander species call Michigan home, but the blue-spotted salamander is among the most common. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1640
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