dappled

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As the group moves effortlessly from sun-dappled, impressionistic, hushed minimalist psych folk to deeply layered dream pop, it leaves behind a rich array of textures that shimmer and drift.

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  1. adjective Spotted; mottled.

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  • They walked through the sun-dappled orchard, and she felt her nerves easing once more. —  Stephanie Laurens - The Ideal Bride
  • As the USC players sprinted Thursday onto the sun-dappled Rose Bowl field, safety Will Harris grabbed one of the oversized USC flags that the cheerleaders typically carry and sprinted all the way to the north end zone, then planted it with gusto on the "P" in the blue-and-white "Penn State" stenciled in the north end zone. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • I have no desire to join the rest of my fellow University of Virginia graduates in sipping mint juleps on the sun-dappled Lawn and taking tours of the Rotunda. —  Bits
  • As the group moves effortlessly from sun-dappled, impressionistic, hushed minimalist psych folk to deeply layered dream pop, it leaves behind a rich array of textures that shimmer and drift. —  Westword | Complete Issue
  • He turned off Santa Monica and drifted through the sun-dappled streets of Brentwood toward the address he'd scrawled on a Post‑it note in his kitchen two days before. —  VQR
 

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  1. Middle English, probably from Old Norse depill, spot, splash, diminutive of dapi, pool.

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  1. from dapple, n., + -ed.
 

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