Definition of Flecked

1. Adjective. Having a pattern of dots.

Exact synonyms: Dotted, Specked, Speckled, Stippled
Similar to: Patterned

Definition of Flecked

1. Verb. (past of fleck) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flecked

1. fleck [v] - See also: fleck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flecked

fleapits
flearidden
fleas
fleasome
fleawort
fleaworts
flecainide
flecainide acetate
fleche
fleches
flechette
flechettes
fleck
fleck dystrophy of cornea
fleck retina of Kandori
flecked (current term)
flecked retina
flecked retina syndrome
flecker
fleckered
fleckering
fleckers
flecking
fleckless
flecks
flecky
flection
flectional
flections
fled

Literary usage of Flecked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"Large crimson patches flecked the surface of the snow-covered field, and already the black, ghostly forms of some large birds of prey might be descried ..."

2. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"Lovers, (a drama formed out of MM and Ado) reads flames, which Dyce adopts. flecked, spotted, dappled, Rom. ii. 3. 3. fleet, to float: Have knit again, ..."

3. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1880)
"The clear sky of spring-time is flecked with cloudlets ; the air rings with the voices of blackbird and thrash ; the sound of the river comes faintly upward ..."

4. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J Schneider (2006)
"Pink eraser lint flecked my pillowcase. "Still worried about that, Stud?" he asked sympathetically. I gave him the rhetorical look Bernard taught me. ..."

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