mottled

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: mot=tled

CIDE DICTIONARY

mottled, a. [From Motley.].

 Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood.  Drayton.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

mottled

blotched, blotchy, brindled, calico, clouded, dapple, dappled, flecked, freckled, marbled, motley, multicolored, patchy, pepper-and-salt, piebald, pied, pinto, skewbald, spattered, speckled, splashed, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, streaked, streaky, variegated

ROGET THESAURUS

mottled

Variegation

N variegation, colors, dichroism, trichroism, iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae, spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell, mackerel, mackerel sky, zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble, check, plaid, tartan, patchwork, marquetry-, parquetry, mosaic, tesserae, strigae, chessboard, checkers, chequers, harlequin, Joseph's coat, tricolor, variegated, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, party- colored, dichromatic, polychromatic, bicolor, tricolor, versicolor, of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, opaline, opalescent, prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant, irisated, pavonine, pied, piebald, motley, mottled, marbled, pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous, mosaic, tesselated, plaid, tortoise shell, spotted, spotty, punctated, powdered, speckled, freckled, flea-bitten, studded, flecked, fleckered, striated, barred, veined, brinded, brindled, tabby, watered, grizzled, listed, embroidered, daedal, naevose, stipiform, strigose, striolate, (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT.