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spottedness

spottedness

8.1
A surface with many small round marks like on fur or skin
  • noun
translation icon : 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
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

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'.