despeckle

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UK[diːˈspɛkəɫ]

verb

To remove speckles from.

“The scanned document was more legible after despeckling.”

OriginEnglish speckle ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdespeckle (third-person singular simple present despeckles, present participle despeckling, simple past and past participle despeckled)

present singular third person despeckles · participle present despeckling · participle past despeckled · past despeckled

  1. computer graphicsTo remove speckles from.

    The scanned document was more legible after despeckling.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishspeckle
  8. Englishdespeckle

From de- + speckle.

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APA

despeckle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despeckle

MLA

“despeckle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despeckle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “despeckle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despeckle.

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