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Word of the Day for Monday, April 4, 2011 dapple \DAP-uhl\, noun: 1. A small contrasting spot or blotch. 2. A mottled appearance, especially of the coat of an animal (as a horse). transitive verb: 1. To mark with patches of a color or shade; to spot. intransitive verb: 1. To become dappled. adjective: 1. Marked with contrasting patches or spots; dappled. Look at . . . his cows with their comic camouflage dapples . . . . -- Arthur C. Danto, "Sometimes Red", ArtForum, January 2002 70 diamond- and hexagonal-shaped holes, 35 between the North End ramp and the northbound lanes, and 35 between the northbound and southbound lanes, allow light to filter through and dapple the river below. -- Raphael Lewis, "A walk into the future", Boston Globe, May 9, 2002 Gentle shafts of sunlight . . . dapple the grass. -- Gail Sheehy, Hillary's Choice Dapple derives from Old Norse depill, "a spot." Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help
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