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speck⋅le

  [spek-uhl] noun, verb, -led, -ling.
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–noun
1. a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin.
2. speckled coloring or marking.
–verb (used with object)
3. to mark with or as with speckles.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see speck, -le

Related forms:
speck⋅led⋅ness, noun
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speck·le   (spěk'əl)   
n.  A speck or small spot, as a natural dot of color on skin, plumage, or foliage.

[Middle English spakle.]
speck'le v.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

speckle  (v.)
c.1400 (implied in speckled), probably related to O.E. specca "small spot, speck" (see speck) or from a related M.Du. or M.H.G. word. The noun is first attested c.1440.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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