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1
marked with spots
- a dappled fawn
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2
having blotches of two or more colors
- a forest that was vibrant with the dappled foliage of autumn
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dappled
verbpast tense of dapple
Synonyms of dappled (Entry 2 of 2)
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
- sunlight dappled the canopy of vines over our heads
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