flyspeck.
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
Meaning & usage
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
The wall of the kitchen above the fruitbowl was dotted with flyspeck.
Anything tiny or insignificant.
From the foothills below, Jean, Jan, and James were mere flyspecks, easily lost among the straggly pines that formed the treeline.
We passed through some flyspeck town, barely more than a gas station and a stoplight, but I never saw the name.
Where this word comes from
From fly + speck.
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
Where this word comes from
From fly + speck.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.