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Etymology

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From Middle English spottish, spottyssh, equivalent to spot +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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spottish (comparative more spottish, superlative most spottish)

  1. Characterised by spots or spotlike markings; spotted; speckled.
    • 1893, Swedish Catalogue, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago:
      Kolmård marble consists of crystalline limestone containing serpentine, which gives a spottish green appearance to the stone.

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