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dotted

dotted

2.4
Having small dots on it
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɑːtɪd/
translation icon : a lunares
  • I have a little dotted line here, a little dotted line, OK, This is R.

The whole movie is dotted with principles.

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Examples

  • Now where can I draw a dotted line around the whole process?

  • I love these dark druids just dotted along the pathway.

  • And then this dotted line is Omega.

  • They're white marble, dotted here and there by dark, cloaked ushers.

  • The dress she wore was covered in colorful dotted patterns that attracted everyone's attention.

  • He used a dotted pen to create a whimsical design on the paper.

  • The children's artwork featured a bright dotted background with various shapes.

Synonyms

speckled
vsdotted
1 2.8

Covered with many small spots of a different color

can also describe patterns without color contrast or deliberate scattering
dotty
vsdotted
1 4.6

Having a pattern of small dots

is the neutral descriptive term for that same pattern
punctate
vsdotted
  • Specialized
1 8.9

Having many small dots or spots on skin and leaves

is the general everyday word for the same spotted pattern
stippled
vsdotted
  • Specialized
7.2

A surface covered with many small dots, often made by paint or ink

is a broader descriptive term not limited to an art technique
specked
vsdotted
3.2

Covered with many small spots like drops of paint

tends to be the plain descriptive term rather than colorful patterning
flecked
vsdotted
4.4

With small spots of a different color

often implies irregular patches rather than a regular small-mark pattern

Idioms

Officially agree to something by writing your name on a document

Compounds

15 2.5

A line of short marks that shows where to sign, write, or cut

dotted gayfeather
  • Specialized
9.9

A North American wildflower with many stems and spikes of lavender-pink flowers that attract butterflies and bees

How Dotted

stippled
  • Specialized
7.2
dotted
2.4
flecked
4.4

Surface Forms

dotted positive

Morphology

dotted = dot (transparent) = dot + ed

Formed from the verb 'dot' + the adjectival/past-participle suffix '-ed'; meaning 'having dots' is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Dotted comes from the simple word dot and the ending -ed, where dot means 'small spot'. Imagine a dress or paper covered in tiny dots, and you have an easy picture of what dotted means: 'marked with small spots'.