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spottedness

spottedness

8.1
A surface with many small round marks like on fur or skin
  • noun
: moteado
  • The artist tried to capture the spottedness of the animal's fur in his painting.

Examples

  • Giraffes are recognized for their tall stature and distinctive spottedness.

  • Some mushrooms are identifiable by the spottedness on their caps.

  • The spottedness of the giraffe makes it easily recognizable.

  • The artist captured the spottedness of the leopard beautifully.

  • The artist captured the spottedness of the leopard beautifully.

  • Some mushrooms are identifiable by the spottedness on their caps.

  • The spottedness of the giraffe makes it easily recognizable.

Synonyms

spottiness
vsspottedness
1 5.8

An uneven quality or appearance with spots and weak parts

is limited to visual marking by spots, not to uneven quality

How Spotted

mottling
1 6.9
spottedness
8.1
spotlessness
1 3.0

Surface Forms

spottedness singular
spottednesses plural

Morphology

spottedness = spotted (transparent) = spot + ed + ness

Formed from the adjective 'spotted' (spot + -ed) with the nominalizer '-ness' to indicate the state of being spotted, a clearly compositional process.

Etymology

The word spottedness comes from spot, which means 'a small mark', and the ending -ness, which means 'state'. So spottedness literally means 'the state of having spots'.