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brindled

English

Etymology

An alteration of brinded, probably by association with speckled, grizzled etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b??nd?ld/

Adjective

brindled (comparative more brindled, superlative most brindled)

  1. of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted
    • 1725, Pope, Odyssey (translation), book 10
      The palace in a woody vale they found,
      High raised of stone; a shaded space around;
      Where mountain wolves and brindled lions roam,
      (By magic tamed,) familiar to the dome.
    • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of Black Peter’ (Norton 2005, p.982)
      And there, in the middle of it was the man himself—his face twisted like a lost soul in torment, and his great brindled beard stuck upwards in his agony.

Translations

Verb

brindled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of brindle

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speckled

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sp?k?ld/

Adjective

speckled (comparative more speckled, superlative most speckled)

  1. Marked with dots or spots, spotted.
    The bird's eggs were speckled as camouflage.
  2. Sporadically and irregularly marked.

Synonyms

  • speckly

Translations

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