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splotch⋅y

  [sploch-ee]
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–adjective, splotch⋅i⋅er, splotch⋅i⋅est.
marked or covered with splotches.
Origin:
1805–15; splotch + -y 1
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splotch   (splŏch)   
n.  An irregularly shaped spot, stain, or colored or discolored area: "spectacular splotches of color and beauty in the blossoms" (Wendy Lyon Moonan).
tr.v.   splotched, splotch·ing, splotch·es
To mark with splotches or a splotch.

[Perhaps blend of spot, blot1 and botch.]
splotch'i·ness n., splotch'y adj.
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