blotchy

[ bloch-ee ]

/ ˈblɒtʃ i /

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adjective, blotch·i·er, blotch·i·est.

having blotches: a blotchy complexion.

resembling a blotch.

RELATED WORDS

mottled, spotted

Nearby words

Origin of blotchy

First recorded in 1815–25; blotch + -y¹

Related formsblotch·i·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for blotchy

Peter MacNichol stars as Galen, an impressively earnest, blotchy, and incompetent sorcerer's apprentice.
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The blue-back turns rosy red, the dog salmon a dull, blotchy red, and the quiunat generally blackish.
Scientific American Supplement No. 275|Various
Her cheeks were red and blotchy with traces of recent tears, her hair, towzled and damp, clung to her moist temples.
The Heart of a Woman|Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The varnish did not look "blotchy" or patched, as it would have done had the ends of the varnish lapped.
The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out|Fred T. Hodgson

By and by appeared the faint lights of the house, with blotchy pallors thinning the mist and darkness.
Weighed and Wanting|George MacDonald
She couldn't get the right shade of green in the willows, and the reflections in the water were blotchy.
The Little Colonel in Arizona|Annie Fellows Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for blotchy

blotchy

/ (ˈblɒtʃɪ) /

adjective

covered in or marked by blotches

Derived Formsblotchily, adverbblotchiness, noun

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Word Origin and History for blotchy

blotchy

adj.

1799, from blotch + -y (2). Related: Blotchiness.