Dictionary

blotchy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English blotch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blotchy From blotch + -y.

Meanings

1. Covered in blotches.
   • The sunset colors were not sunset. The sun was bright and blinding overhead, surrounded by reddish clouds, glaring down on the fairy city. The sky was—blotchy. It was daylight, but through the clouds bright stars were shining. 1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling:

Forms

Deriveds

blotchiness · unblotchy · blotchily

Synonyms

spotted (covered in blotches) · blotched (covered in blotches) · spotty (covered in blotches)

Translations (7)

pl plamisty (covered in blotches) · sv flammig (covered in blotches) · mi kōpure (covered in blotches) · cs flekatý (covered in blotches) · mi kōpurepure (covered in blotches) · cs skvrnitý (covered in blotches) · ga ballach (covered in blotches)