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mottle

[ mot-l ]

verb (used with object)

, mot·tled, mot·tling.
  1. to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.


noun

  1. a diversifying spot or blotch of color.
  2. mottled coloring or pattern.

mottle

/ ˈmɒtəl /

verb

  1. tr to colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a mottled appearance, as of the surface of marble
  2. one streak or blotch of colour in a mottled surface
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • mottle·ment noun
  • mottler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mottle1

First recorded in 1670–80; probably back formation from motley
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mottle1

C17: back formation from motley
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Example Sentences

To account for that, SCAN normalizes its estimates using a virus with a well-established expected quantity—pepper mild mottle virus.

Blue mottle, or Belton greys, which stand work and are better than; 2.

The effect of this winding, is to give a beautiful mottle to the barrel; which will be found depicted in plate No. 3.

He had a coat of velvet that through age had become marked with an opalescent mottle.

In some old strains the "blue mottle" of the Southern Hound is still preserved.

Ginsburg put up his gloved hand and wiped clean a face that with passion had turned a mottle of red-and-white blotches.

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