dappled

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdæpəɫd]

Adjective

dappled (comparative more dappled, superlative most dappled)

1. Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
   • 1877, Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Pied Beauty":

     Glory be to God for dappled things—

     For skies of couple colour as a brinded cow […]

Derived terms

• sweat-dappled

Translations

having a mottled or spotted skin or coat

• Dutch: gespikkeld (nl)
• Irish: ballach
• Italian: pezzato (it)
• Maori: kōpukupuku
• Mongolian: толбо (mn) (tolbo)

• Polish: cętkowany, nakrapiany (pl),
• Russian: пятни́стый (ru) (pjatnístyj), в я́блоках (ru) (v jáblokax) usually of a horse, чуба́рый (ru) (čubáryj), кра́пчатый (ru) (krápčatyj)
• Spanish: moteado (es) m
• Swedish: fläckig (sv), spräcklig

Verb

dappled

1. simple past tense and past participle of dapple