blotched, blotchy, splotched
(adjective) marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blotched (comparative more blotched, superlative most blotched)
Covered in blotches.
• blotchy, spotted, spotty
blotched
simple past tense and past participle of blotch
• Bechtold
Source: Wiktionary
Blotched, a.
Definition: Marked or covered with blotches. To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. Drayton.
Blotch, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a spot.]
1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow. Harvey.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
