Meanings
verbbespeckle (third-person singular simple present bespeckles, present participle bespeckling, simple past and past participle bespeckled)
present singular third person bespeckles · participle present bespeckling · participle past bespeckled · past bespeckled
- To add speckles.
Seen from the air at night, tiny villages bespeckle the Indian landscape with firefly glows.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
- Proto-Germanic*bi
- Proto-Germanic*bi-
- Proto-West Germanic*bi-
- Old Englishbe-
- Middle Englishbi-
- Englishbe-
- Englishspeckle
- Englishbespeckle
Cite this entry
APA
bespeckle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespeckle
MLA
“bespeckle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespeckle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bespeckle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespeckle.
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