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Grammar : Adj
Spell : bloch-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblɒtʃ i


Définition of blotchy

Origin :
  • 1799, from blotch + -y (2). Related: Blotchiness.
  • adj discolored in spots
Example sentences :
  • Their faces were mottled and blotchy and their eyes were rolling beseechingly.
  • Extract from : « Larson's Luck » by Gerald Vance
  • He wore a ragged black coat, and he had a blotchy, red face.
  • Extract from : « Roderick Hudson » by Henry James
  • His face was red and blotchy, with a network of little purple veins on the cheeks, and his features were sunk into its fatness.
  • Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
  • He was blotchy and his eyes seemed heavy; moreover, he was without a drink, and I correctly guessed that he had no money.
  • Extract from : « The Chequers » by James Runciman
  • By and by appeared the faint lights of the house, with blotchy pallors thinning the mist and darkness.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The varnish did not look "blotchy" or patched, as it would have done had the ends of the varnish lapped.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson
  • If you can cure yourself of that blotchy skin and that rheumatic gait, someone might believe you.
  • Extract from : « The sop for Children » by sop
  • It is supposed to be a clouded animal—not stripy, but blotchy, like a tortoise-shell tom-cat.
  • Extract from : « The Day's Work, Volume 1 » by Rudyard Kipling
  • (f.) The color changes from silvery to various shades of black and red or blotchy, according to the species.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement No. 275 » by Various
  • The blue-back turns rosy red, the dog salmon a dull, blotchy red, and the quiunat generally blackish.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement No. 275 » by Various

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