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[ dap-uhld ] / ˈdæp əld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dappled ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving spots of a different shade, tone, or color from the background; mottled. Origin of dappled1350–1400; Middle English, probably <Scandinavian; akin to Old Norse depill spot OTHER WORDS FROM dappledun·dap·pled, adjectiveWords nearby dappledDaphnis, Daphnis and Chloe, Da Ponte, dapper, dapple, dappled, dapple-gray, dapple-grey, Dapsang, dapsone, DAR Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dappledUp close the color, added by hand after printing, is soft and dappled, and the paper is slightly raised like a new mosquito bite. William Blake's Heavenly Imagination|Chloe Malle|November 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST Enron's Ken Lay conducting television interviews, dappled with references to his being the humble son-of-a-pastor. "The Blood Sporting of Picking Off CEOs"|Eric Dezenhall|October 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST Upon my word, if you had a hundred to pick from, you would not find a better one than the dappled mount. Four Arthurian Romances|Chretien DeTroyes When he awakened, it was night again and he was aroused by the stamping of the Dappled Gray on the floor above his head. Among the Farmyard People|Clara Dillingham Pierson
Santon—its cornfields and skies, the cliffs for ever a-racket with the seabirds' clamor, the dappled fawn of its sands! A Case in Camera|Oliver Onions When the woolly hue of morning dappled his larger sky, Dan could hear the slow beat of the waves on the shore. A peculiar half-sound, indescribable, issued forth when the dappled tip of the snake's tail quivered. The Red Debt|Everett MacDonald
Words related to dappledspotted, checkered, motley, variegated, speckled, flecked, discolored, parti-colored, stippled, multicolored, piebald, multicolor, varicolored, versicolor, brindle, brindled, multihued, pied |