flyspecked
7.2
Marked by many small dark spots left by flies
- adjective
- /ˈflaɪˌspɛkt/
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manchado
- She gently brushed the flyspecked surface of the old table before setting down the vase.
Examples
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The flyspecked fruit hung from the tree, a sign of the insects that had visited.
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The flyspecked wall showed years of neglect and needed a fresh coat of paint.
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Even as he watched, a flyspecked yellow school bus crammed with doughy, pasty-faced adults pulled up at the curb.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
speckled
vsflyspecked
1
2.8
Covered with many small spots of a different color
refers to spots without requiring a different colour, often insect stains
bespeckled
vsflyspecked
1
7.1
Having small spots on the surface
is the same but often implies spots made by insects
specked
vsflyspecked
3.2
Covered with many small spots like drops of paint
focuses on spots often caused by flies rather than general marks
speckly
vsflyspecked
3.5
A surface with many small spots like dots on an egg or cloth
means spots too but often highlights quantity rather than origin
flecked
vsflyspecked
4.4
With small spots of a different color
refers to small specks but not mainly colour patches, often insect stains
Antonyms
How Spotted
Surface Forms
flyspecked positive
Morphology
Etymology
Flyspecked comes from the simple parts fly and speck, where speck means a 'small spot'. It makes you imagine something covered in tiny marks, often the little spots left by flies, which explains the meaning 'covered with small spots'.