Etymology

spottish

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Today it means: Characterised by spots or spotlike markings; spotted; speckled. Full definition →

Middle English spottish
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromspottish
  2. English todayspottish

From Middle English spottish, spottyssh, equivalent to spot + -ish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.