BLOTCHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blotched mean? 

• BLOTCHED (adjective)
  The adjective BLOTCHED has 1 sense:

1. marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots

  Familiarity information: BLOTCHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOTCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots

Synonyms:

blotched; blotchy; splotched

Similar:

patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

 Context examples 

A gilt harp, blotched with many stains and with two of its strings missing, was tucked under one of his arms, while with the other he scooped greedily at his platter.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When the trap pulled up on the grass-grown drive in front of the blotched and weather-stained door, I had doubts as to my wisdom in visiting a man whom I knew so slightly.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was long, whitish, and blotched with pimples, the nose flattened, and the lower jaw projecting, with a bristle of coarse whiskers round the chin.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The rusted gates between the crumbling heraldic pillars were folded back, and my uncle flicked the mares impatiently as we flew up the weed-grown avenue, until he pulled them on their haunches before the time-blotched steps.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We now stood amazed at the sight, for their blotched and warty skins were of a curious fish-like iridescence, and the sunlight struck them with an ever-varying rainbow bloom as they moved.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)