splotch

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Amid the grey hues of the blouses and jackets, and the bluish glitter of the weapons, the pelisse worn by Miette, who was holding the banner with both hands, looked like a large red splotch--a fresh and bleeding wound All at once perfect silence fell.

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  1. noun An irregularly shaped spot, stain, or colored or discolored area: "spectacular splotches of color and beauty in the blossoms” (Wendy Lyon Moonan).
  2. transitive verb To mark with splotches or a splotch.

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  • Inside each splotch was printed in black the punctuated word KNOCK! —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
  • Mother, Father, do you mourn me as lost to you forever And this great splotch is Petrus jostling me as he climbs upon my lap, saying he is bored. —  Legends II
  • A large white splotch was forming on the linoleum floor at his feet. —  Chapter One
  • A reddish splotch was already becoming visible to the left of the other's twisted mouth. —  Warhorse
  • The interface shows you a splotch, then a cylinder, then the outpost's intricate structures and substructures. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 02 - February 1999
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blotch ·  smear ·  blob ·  smudge ·  speck ·  blur ·  blot ·  splash ·  sheen ·  kerchief ·  welt ·  discoloration

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splotch:   splotches
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Perhaps blend of spot, blot1 and botch.

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  1. Formerly also sploach (also in variant form splatch and splodge, q. v.); a variant or irreg. extension of splot (cf. blotch as related to blot).
 

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/splɑtʃ/
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