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Definition of Blotched
1. Adjective. Marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots.
Definition of Blotched
1. a. Marked or covered with blotches.
Definition of Blotched
1. Adjective. Covered in blotches. ¹
2. Verb. (past of blotch#Verb blotch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blotched
1. blotch [v] - See also: blotch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blotched
Literary usage of Blotched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Skins of the blotched Domestic Cat, showing some of the variations to which the
pattern ... The origin of the blotched as a special type is wholly unknown. ..."
2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"Anne Johnstone, upper petals white, edged and blotched with dark crimson ; lower
petals blotched and laced crimson and pale yellow. ..."
3. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1889)
"The eggs are two or three in number; they are white or buffy, sprinkled, spotted
or blotched with brown; the average size given is 2.27x1.76. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"F. 1849:137); Diamond, white, blotched dark crimson (FS 21:2233, 2234); Due de
Nassau, rich rosy purple, very free and large; Easter Greetings, small, ..."
5. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Three or sometimes only two creamy or buffy white eggs, somewhat evenly spotted
and blotched with brown and chocolate and with suffused blotches of lilac, ..."
6. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"They measure 2.74 by 1.89 inches, and are usually buffy or greenish white, spotted
and blotched with rich brown and purplish gray. ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"green, bnt as they mature the green deepens and changes to a bright, bronzy
crimson, striped, spotted and blotched with rich golden yellow and edged with ..."
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