"speckless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more speckless [comparative], most speckless [superlative]
Etymology: speck + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|speck|less}} speck + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} speckless (comparative more speckless, superlative most speckless)
  1. spotless, perfectly clean
    Sense id: en-speckless-en-adj-fmm7i2J6
  2. spotless; without blemish
    Sense id: en-speckless-en-adj-nhpv5IA7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: specklessly, specklessness

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