speck
noun
a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies.
specklessness
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a word derived from
speck.
Example Sentences
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Before very long, his spruce trim ducks, careful scrape of Brunswick-leather boots, clean pocket-handkerchiefs, and fine specklessness, were making and keeping a well-swept path to the thoroughly dusted store-room of her heart.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Then with a turkey-wing he swept up the hearth, its specklessness invaded by a rolling bit of coal, put the wing in place, and stood looking down at what seemed to be his own handiwork.
From Country Neighbors by Brown, Alice
