polka-dotted
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From polka dot + -ed, compare with dotted.
Adjective
[edit]polka-dotted
- Having a regular pattern of round dots (polka dots).
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
- On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
Verb
[edit]polka-dotted
- simple past and past participle of polka-dot
References
[edit]- “polka-dotted”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.