spottiness
(ˈspɒtɪnɪs)
[f. spotty a. + -ness.]
The character or state of being spotty.
| 1577 St. Aug. Manual I vij, O light whiche hatest all spottinesse, in asmuch as thou art most cleane & spotlesse. 1611 Cotgr., Papillotage, a spatling, or spottinesse. 1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 37 (1822) I. 292 How we like to see a couple of legs..splashed unavoidably..till their horrid glare is subdued into spottiness. 1863 Gd. Words Apr. 281/1 Nine times in a century the sun passes through all its states of purity and spottiness. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 227 The evil of spottiness, patchyness, and confusion. |