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Definition of Dappled
1. Adjective. Having spots or patches of color.
Definition of Dappled
1. Adjective. Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple. ¹
2. Verb. (past of dapple) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dappled
1. dapple [v] - See also: dapple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dappled
Literary usage of Dappled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"The dappled face is a term more picturesque, more appropriate, and more poetically
expressed. EXPLANATION OF THE FAC-SIMILE. The manuscripts of Pope's ..."
2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... 1 Changed to a bird of pied and dappled wings. In such a temple of his gods
did Sire Latinus, on hereditary throne, Welcome the Trojans to his halls, ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1854)
"vellow at maturity, considerably dappled with russet, and occasionally marbled
with red on the sunny side. Flesh—melting and juicy. ..."
4. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"Lovers, (a drama formed out of MM and Ado) reads flames, which Dyce adopts.
flecked, spotted, dappled, Rom. ii. 3. 3. fleet, to float: Have knit again, ..."
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