- flecked
- un·flecked;
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flecked
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flecked — [flekt] adj [not before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Old Norse flekkotr, from flekkr spot ] having small marks or spots, or small pieces of something, covering a surface flecked with ▪ red cloth flecked with white … Dictionary of contemporary English
flecked — [ flekt ] adjective with small spots of color: flecked with: green eyes flecked with golden brown … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flecked — spotted, spattered, sprinkled, mottled, stippled, marbled, speckled, spangled, bespangled (see under SPOT vb) Analogous words: dappled, freaked, *variegated … New Dictionary of Synonyms
flecked — [[t]fle̱kt[/t]] ADJ: oft ADJ with n Something that is flecked with something is marked or covered with small bits of it. His hair was increasingly flecked with grey. Syn: streaked COMB in ADJ Flecked is also a combining form. He was attired in a… … English dictionary
Flecked — Fleck Fleck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flecking}.] [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl[ a]cka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See {Fleck}, n.] To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple. [1913 Webster] Both flecked with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flecked — UK [flekt] / US adjective with small spots of colour flecked with: green eyes flecked with brown … English dictionary
flecked — adjective having small marks or spots: red cloth flecked with white … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
flecked — [flekt] adj with small spots of colour green eyes flecked with brown[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
flecked — Mawdesley Glossary spotted or marrked, blemished … English dialects glossary
flecked — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. streaked, spotted, mottled; see multicolored … English dictionary for students
