Dappled:
Adjective
1. marked with spots of a different colour; mottled
2. covered in patches of light and shadow [origin unknown]
References in Classic Literature:
was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain: and our place of meeting had been fixed at the guide-stone, by the cross-roads.
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
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