Home › Words › F › flyspeckflyspeckflyspeck means housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.EtymologyFrom fly + speck.nounHousefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.e.g.“The wall of the kitchen above the fruitbowl was dotted with flyspeck.”Anything tiny or insignificant.e.g.“From the foothills below, Jean, Jan, and James were mere flyspecks, easily lost among the straggly pines that formed the treeline.”verbTo bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.e.g.“To flyspeck, you need an old toothbrush, the paint color of your choice, glazing medium, a palette knife, and a mixing surface such as a palette or plastic container.” — 2008, Priscilla Hauser, Priscilla Hauser's Book of Painting Patterns, →ISBN, page 15:To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.flyspecking 68% match — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint. vs flyspeck →housefly 60% match — Any fly regularly found in human dwellings. vs flyspeck →flyblow 60% match — An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg. vs flyspeck →flyblown 59% match — contaminated with flyblows vs flyspeck →specky 58% match — Resembling a speck, minuscule. vs flyspeck →befleck 58% match — to cover with small spots or flecks vs flyspeck →blackfly 58% match — A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops. vs flyspeck →blacklet 58% match — A speck of soot. vs flyspeck →