BESPECKLE

speckle, bespeckle

(verb) mark with small spots; “speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bespeckle (third-person singular simple present bespeckles, present participle bespeckling, simple past and past participle bespeckled)

To add speckles.

Seen from the air at night, tiny villages bespeckle the Indian landscape with firefly glows.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*spec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.]

Definition: To mark with speckles or spots. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 April 2025

BRIGHT

(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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