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Webster 1913 Edition


Spotted

Spot′ted

,
Adj.
Marked with spots;
as, a
spotted
garment or character
.
“The spotted panther.”
Spenser.
Spotted fever
(Med.)
,
a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Spotted tree
(Bot.)
,
an Australian tree (
Flindersia maculosa
); – so called because its bark falls off in spots.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spotted

SPOTTED

,
pp.
Marked with spots or places of a different color from the ground; as a spotted beast or garment.

Definition 2024


spotted

spotted

English

Adjective

spotted (comparative more spotted, superlative most spotted)

  1. Discoloured by spots; stained.
  2. (no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
    the spotted hyena

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Verb

spotted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of spot

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