dappled

Speech parts

1. dappled - Adjective

2. dappled - Verb

4. dappled - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.

of Dapple

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose type of things through all degrees. William Wordsworth

Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and dappled with light. Kate DiCamillo

Glory 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. Gerard Manley Hopkins

I will find out where she has gone, And kiss her lips and take her hands; And walk among long dappled grass, And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples of the sun. William Butler Yeats

A cow is not called dappled unless she has a spot. Danish Proverb

The cat is covered in rosettes for camouflage in the dappled light of its forest habitat. Source: Internet

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