FLECKED

dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled

(adjective) having a pattern of dots

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

flecked

simple past tense and past participle of fleck

Source: Wiktionary


FLECK

Fleck, n.

Definition: A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin.

Fleck, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.]

Definition: A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.

Fleck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flecking.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fläcka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See Fleck, n.]

Definition: To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple. Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden. A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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