dappled

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdæpəɫd]

Adjective

dappled (comparative more dappled, superlative most dappled)

Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
- 1877, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Pied Beauty”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, OCLC 5093462, lines 1–3, page 30:
  Glory be to God for dappled things— / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; / For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim: […]

Derived terms

sweat-dappled

Translations

having a mottled or spotted skin or coat

Dutch: gespikkeld (nl)
Greek:
Ancient: βαλιός (baliós), ποικίλος (poikílos)
Irish: ballach
Italian: pezzato (it)
Maori: kōpukupuku

Mongolian: толбо (mn) (tolbo)
Polish: cętkowany (pl), 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

simple past tense and past participle of dapple

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