flecked

Dotted with specks

Flecked means marked with small spots or patches of color or light: sunlight flecked the forest floor, a bird with a white breast flecked with brown.

The word suggests irregular, scattered markings rather than a uniform pattern.

Hair can be flecked with gray, eyes flecked with gold.

pattern

spotted

Seen or patterned

sprinkled · flaked · pocked · spangled · studded · splashed · scattered · dusted · specked · bespeckled

material

granite

Igneous rock, quartz-rich

  • terrazzoAggregate flooring, polished smooth
  • tweedTextured woolen cloth
  • marbleRecrystallized limestone rock

mica · quartz · obsidian · feldspar · jasper · stone · concrete · eggshell · foam · paint

animal

roan

Mixed-hair coat color

  • pintoSpotted equine or legume
  • calicoPatchy-coated cat type
  • tabbyPatterned domestic cat

merle · piebald · tortoiseshell · brindle · leopard · cheetah · ocelot · jaguar · trout · starling

Categories
Opposites
surface pattern/coloration

fleckedsolid

Firm matter state

plain · unpatterned · monochrome · monochromatic · uniform

Family

fleck, flecks, flecking

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G