white-spottedadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtspɒtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌspɑdəd/

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

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

Etymology: < white adj. + spotted adj.

Having white or light-coloured spots or markings.

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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

1566 J. Phillips Exam. & Confession certaine Wytches sig. A.vi She counseiled her..to geue of her bloudde to Sathan (as she termed it) whyche she delyuered her in the lykenesse of a whyte spotted Catte.

1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts 46/1 After one or two months old hee [sc. the Caprea Roe] becomes delicately white-spotted, which in time weare out.

1710 W. Salmon Eng. Herbal II. ccccxxxv. 627/1 The white spotted Martagon, or Mountain Lilly.

1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. 606 White spotted Willow Lady-cow.

1831 J. E. Gray Zool. Misc. 13 Beautiful Corn Crake Crex pulchra,..quills brown, white-spotted principally on the outer edge.

1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance i. iv, 33 A red, white-spotted handkerchief.

1922 Internat. Med. Digest 3 133 The tonsillar follicles rupture..giving the tonsil the typical white-spotted follicular appearance.

2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 30 With their delicate appearance and white-spotted, chestnut summer coats, fallow deer are very attractive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-spotted
释义	white-spottedadj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtspɒtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌspɑdəd/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and spotted adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., spotted adj. Etymology: < white adj. + spotted adj. Having white or light-coloured spots or markings. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > spotted > having specific coloured spots black-spotted1545 white-spotted1566 red-spotted1569 blue-spotted1640 1566 J. Phillips Exam. & Confession certaine Wytches sig. A.vi She counseiled her..to geue of her bloudde to Sathan (as she termed it) whyche she delyuered her in the lykenesse of a whyte spotted Catte. 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts 46/1 After one or two months old hee [sc. the Caprea Roe] becomes delicately white-spotted, which in time weare out. 1710 W. Salmon Eng. Herbal II. ccccxxxv. 627/1 The white spotted Martagon, or Mountain Lilly. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. 606 White spotted Willow Lady-cow. 1831 J. E. Gray Zool. Misc. 13 Beautiful Corn Crake Crex pulchra,..quills brown, white-spotted principally on the outer edge. 1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance i. iv, 33 A red, white-spotted handkerchief. 1922 Internat. Med. Digest 3 133 The tonsillar follicles rupture..giving the tonsil the typical white-spotted follicular appearance. 2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 30 With their delicate appearance and white-spotted, chestnut summer coats, fallow deer are very attractive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1566
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