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splotch

[ sploch ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

to be susceptible to stains or blots; show or retain stains, blots, or spots of dirt or liquid:
Don't buy that tablecloth—the material splotches easily.
to cause or be liable to cause stains, blots, or spots:
Be careful of that paint—it splotches.

splotch

/ splɒtʃ /

Origin of splotch¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain

Origin of splotch¹

C17: perhaps a blend of spot + blotch

Doesn't splotch, as Blount writes, "explode from the mouth and make an unmissable mess of itself"?

The yellow box in which Lil carried her costumes was a splotch of color against the white fur robes.

A splotch of blood showed on his head just back of the ear, where he had crashed against a corner of the chest.

Sam O'Neill stood picking at a splotch on the ancient plaster, with strong, yellow-gloved hands.

On her finger was a huge emerald ring, a splotch of crème de menthe spilt on the whiteness of her hand.

The Confederate was on his back; his jacket was open; his shirt showed a great red splotch right on his breast.

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