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speck(1) (iou)



speck noun1.
[Old English specca: no cognates but cf. SPECKLE noun.]
A small spot or mark of a different colour or shade; a minute discoloration or stain. (Foll. by of.) OE.
J. Steinbeck Specks of green and red light swarmed on his vision. P. L. Fermor His flock was a blur of white specks and faraway tinklings.
b. A very small or distant cloud. Chiefly fig. M18.
A minute particle (of); spec. (a) Austral. a small fragment of gold; (b) a small piece of land. LME.
not a speck US not at all.
H. Carpenter He could not bear even a speck of dirt on his clothes.
A small spot or lesion indicative of a defect or disease. Now chiefly spec., a rotten or bruised spot in fruit; in pl., (slang) rotten or bruised fruit. LME.
J. Austen Lizzy was going to be very ill one day; she had specks & a great deal of fever.
speckless adjective having no speck or specks; esp. spotlessly clean: L18.
specklessly adverb M19.
specklessness noun L19.

Moribund (health)


Dying; at the point of death.