Lexic.us

Definition of Spotty

1. Adjective. Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture). "A black-and-white spotted cow"

2. Adjective. Lacking consistency. "The golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

Definition of Spotty

1. a. Full of spots; marked with spots.

Definition of Spotty

1. Adjective. Having spots; spotted. ¹

2. Adjective. Of inconsistent quality ¹

3. Noun. A slang name for a common New Zealand fish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spotty

1. marked with spots [adj -TIER, -TIEST] : SPOTTILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spotty

spotted weakfish spotted wolffish spottedness spotter spotters spottier spotties spottiest spottily spottiness

spottinesses spottings spottle spottles spotty (current term) spotweld spousage spousages spousal spousal equivalent

spousal relationship spousal support spousally spousals spouse spouse abuse spouse equivalent spousebreach spoused

Literary usage of Spotty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"WETZEL, ' THERE have be lost a white and red spotty Cow with red ears. en, ... Who has seen the ' white and red spotty cow with red ears ? ..."

2. Œdema and Nephritis: A Critical, Experimental and Clinical Study of the by Martin Fischer (1921)
"spotty Parenchymatous Nephritis Due to Infection of the Kidney (Infectious Nephritis) §1 The kidney may evidently become the victim of a pathological ..."

3. Handbook of Painting: German, Fleming, and Dutch Schools by Sir Joseph Archer Crowe, Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Franz Kugler (1898)
"... occasion a spotty look. A picture of similar composition, in the Berlin Gallery, No. 959, signed with the name at length, contains two snakes hissing at ..."

4. In the Child's World: Morning Talks and Stories for Kindergartens, Primary by Emilie Poulsson (1893)
"One was white, one black, one gray, and one looked just like spotty. ... When spotty chose this place, she thought it would be very safe and comfortable for ..."

5. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings of Hokusai by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1901)
"nature of foliage, rock and roof, and are not unrelated to the landscape of No. 30, these have a spotty ..."

6. In the Child's World: Morning Talks and Stories for Kindergartens, Primary by Emilie Poulsson (1893)
"One was white, one black, one gray, and one looked just like spotty. ... When spotty chose this place, she thought it would be very safe and comfortable for ..."

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