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verb

past tense of fleck
as in sprinkled
to mark with small spots especially unevenly to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface

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The dashboard is swathed in a flecked, mélange-style fabric that is based on a traditional Japanese hand-weaving technique called Nishijin-ori. Mara Balagtas McIlwrath, Car and Driver, 1 June 2023 The melton coat sits over a flecked tweed suit—contrasting the matte outerwear with mottled textures beneath. Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2023 The melomys, a small white-flecked rodent, lived on an island near the tip of the Great Barrier Reef. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2022 Huetopian Dream palette shades Secret Eden and Xtreme Plum Noir, adding a hint of sparkle with a few taps of golden-flecked highlighter. Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2021

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“Flecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flecked. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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