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bespattered

adjective [after verb]
 
 
/bɪˈspæt.əd/ US  /-ˈspæt̬.ɚd/ formal

Definition

covered with spots of liquid: The backs of my legs were bespattered with mud after walking home in the rain.Dirty and untidy
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