mottlement

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noun

A mottled pattern.

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Meanings

nounmottlement (countable and uncountable, plural mottlements)

plural mottlements

  1. countableuncountableA mottled pattern.

    Through the transparent shell dark mottlements were visible, as if it had eaten lumps of earth.

    1961, Rachel Peden, Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living, page 238

Origin

From mottle + -ment.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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