spreckled

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English sprekled, equivalent to spreckle +‎ -ed. ==== Adjective ==== spreckled (comparative more spreckled, superlative most spreckled) Speckled. c.1882-1898, Francis James Child, Child's Collected Ballads, "What like were the fish, King Henry, my son? What like were the fish, my pretty little one?" "They were spreckled on the back and white on the belly; mother, make my bed soon, For I'm sick to the heart, and I fain wald lie down." ===== Related terms ===== sprengled === Etymology 2 === From spreckle +‎ -ed. ==== Verb ==== spreckled simple past and past participle of spreckle