Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being speckled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being speckled.
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- noun The quality of being
speckled .
Etymologies
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speckled + -ness
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Examples
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These are connected with the pheasants in their speckledness, and with the pies in pecking; while the nightingale leads down to the smaller groups of familiar birds.
Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds John Ruskin 1859
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