Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a pattern of dots: Marked with small spots or patches of color, creating a speckled or spotted appearance.

Usage

The adjective "flecked" is used to describe a surface or material that is not a solid, uniform color but instead has small, distinct marks or specks of another color or shade scattered across it. It often describes natural patterns or artistic effects.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The bird had flecked brown and white feathers. (The bird's feathers were not solid brown but had small white spots mixed in.)
  • She admired the flecked granite countertop in the kitchen. (The stone surface had a pattern of tiny mineral specks.)
  • His eyes were a deep blue, flecked with gold. (His blue irises contained small golden spots.)

Advanced Usage

• "flecked with": This is the most common construction, used to specify the color or material of the dots.
  • The old manuscript was flecked with age. (The paper had small brown spots caused by aging.)
  • The night sky was flecked with stars. (The dark sky was dotted with many small, bright stars.)

Variants and Related Words

• Fleck (noun): A very small patch of color or light; a tiny spot or mark.
  • There was a fleck of paint on his shirt.
• Fleck (verb): To mark or dot with small spots.
  • Sunlight flecked the forest floor.
• Speckled (adj.): Very similar in meaning to "flecked," meaning covered with many small spots.
  • speckled eggs

Synonyms

• Speckled: Covered with many small spots.
• Dotted: Marked with dots.
• Spotted: Having spots, which can be larger than flecks.
• Mottled: Marked with spots or smears of color, often in a less regular pattern.

Antonyms

• Solid: Of one uniform color.
• Unblemished: Not marked or spoiled, free of spots.
• Plain: Without a pattern or decoration.

Adjective

1. having a pattern of dots