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motey

adjective

  1. speckled, spotty; full of particles of dust or extraneous matter
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From mote + -y.

  1. Full of motes.

    The sunbeams on the motey air / Streamed through the open door, / And on the brown arms moving bare, / And the grain upon the floor.