speck´less

speck´less
speck «spehk», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a small spot or mark; stain: »

Can you clean the specks off this wallpaper? In beauty faults conspicuous grow, The smallest speck is seen on snow (John Gay).

SYNONYM(S): speckle.
2. a tiny bit; particle: »

a speck of dust, to have a speck in one's eye. Figurative. He has not a speck of humor or of sense.

SYNONYM(S): mite.
–v.t.
to mark with or as if with specks: »

This fruit is badly specked.

[Old English specca]
speck´less, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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