dappled


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dap·pled

 (dăp′əld)
adj.
Spotted; mottled.
[Middle English, probably from Old Norse depill, spot, splash, diminutive of dapi, pool.]
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dappled

(ˈdæpəld)
adj
marked with dapples
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.dappled - having spots or patches of color
mottled
patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
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dappled

adjective mottled, spotted, speckled, pied, flecked, variegated, checkered, freckled, stippled, piebald, brindled He stood in the dappled sunlight of the forest.
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Translations

dappled

[ˈdæpld] ADJ → moteado; [horse] → rodado
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dappled

[ˈdæpəld] adj
[horse] → pommelé(e)
[shade] → tacheté(e) de lumière
to be dappled with sunlight → être tacheté(e) de lumière
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dappled

adj
(= patchy) light → gefleckt; dappled with sunlight → mit Sonnenlicht gesprenkelt; dappled shade → Halbschatten m
(= mottled) horse → scheckig
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dappled

[ˈdæpld] adj → screziato/a; (horse) → pomellato/a
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Debray, I need not give a further description, because to you my beautiful pair of dappled grays were well known.
"My dappled grays?" demanded the baroness, springing to the window.
Two hours afterwards, Madame Danglars received a most flattering epistle from the count, in which he entreated her to receive back her favorite "dappled grays," protesting that he could not endure the idea of making his entry into the Parisian world of fashion with the knowledge that his splendid equipage had been obtained at the price of a lovely woman's regrets.
Ere long a carriage will dash past here, drawn by the pair of dappled gray horses you saw me with yesterday; now, at the risk of your own life, you must manage to stop those horses before my door."
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