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View synonyms for dappled

dappled

[ dap-uhld ]

adjective

  1. having spots of a different shade, tone, or color from the background; mottled.


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Other Word Forms

  • un·dappled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dappled1

1350–1400; Middle English, probably < Scandinavian; akin to Old Norse depill spot
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Example Sentences

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“Six Feet Under” is dappled with Lynchian homages – easy enough to explain in a show about a family that dwells in the figurative crawlspace between life and death, whose business is guiding families through loss.

From Salon

If a political debate is your idea of a good time — rather than, say, sitting on the sugary sands of some beach watching a dappled sunset play on the water, more power to you!

It’s an ideal companion piece to the site-specific daybed Skelly made to best enjoy the view from the sunroom’s expansive windows, where dappled light filters through an outdoor screen of towering bamboo.

The tree’s winter silhouette and dappled bark are a marriage of form and grace, best when planted against an evergreen backdrop.

This was classic couture — in sandstone tulle, sky-like lilac, blush cloud pink and dappled pastels — with arabesque motifs on golden foliage.

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