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speckling
[
spek
-
uh
l
]
Origin
speck·le
/
ˈspɛk
əl
/
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[
spek
-
uh
l
]
Show IPA
noun, verb,
-led,
-ling.
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.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English;
see
speck
,
-le
Related forms
speck·led·ness,
noun
un·speck·led,
adjective
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Word Origin & History
speckle
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.
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