Meanings
comparative more dappled · superlative most dappled
- Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
It was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain
1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXVI, in Wuthering Heights2 more examples
To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise [...]
1645, John Milton, L'AllegroGlory 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: […]
1877, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Pied Beauty”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, page 30, lines 1–3
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of dapple
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek βαλιός, ποικίλος
- βαλιός (baliós)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- ποικίλος (poikílos)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Arabic أَبْرَش
- أَبْرَش (ʔabraš)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Bulgarian пъстър, петнист
- пъстър (păstăr)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- петнист (petnist)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Chinese Mandarin 斑紋的 /斑纹的
- 斑紋的 /斑纹的having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Dutch gespikkeld
- gespikkeldhaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Finnish laikukas
- laikukashaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
German scheckig, sprenglig
- scheckighaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- sprenglighaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- sprenglichhaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- gesprenkelthaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- getupfthaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Hungarian pöttyös, pettyes
- pöttyöshaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- pettyeshaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- foltoshaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Irish ballach
- ballachhaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Italian pezzato
- pezzatohaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Latin maculosus
- maculosushaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Māori kōpukupuku
- kōpukupukuhaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Polish cętkowany, nakrapiany
- cętkowanyhaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- nakrapianyhaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Russian пятни́стый, в я́блоках usually of a horse
- пятни́стый (pjatnístyj)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- в я́блоках usually of a horse (v jáblokax)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- чуба́рый (čubáryj)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- кра́пчатый (krápčatyj)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Spanish moteado
- moteadohaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Swedish fläckig, spräcklig
- fläckighaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- spräcklighaving a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Ukrainian плямистий, цяткований
- плямистий (pljamystyj)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- цяткований (cjatkovanyj)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
- в яблука (v jabluka)having a mottled or spotted skin or coat
Cite this entry
dappled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dappled
“dappled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dappled. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dappled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dappled.
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