Dimpled

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Featuring small, rounded indentations across a surface that create visual texture
2. Marked by tiny, shallow depressions or hollows on a surface that produce a textured effect
3. Characterized by a pattern of slight concavities giving the surface a gently puckered appearance

Etymology: "Dimpled" is an inflected form: the past participle of "dimple" used as an adjective, meaning "having small dents." It is built from the noun or verb "dimple" with the English "-ed" ending, which in Old English was "-od" and later became the regular suffix for forming participles and adjectives from words like it. The base word traces back through Old English "dympel" and Middle English "dimpel," descended from Proto-Germanic roots that carried a sense of hollowness or a dip in a surface. Its earliest sense was a small hollow, and the idea of a dent or depression in the skin, especially on the cheek or chin, grew out of that physical notion. Adding "-ed" simply turns that hollow into a description of a surface or face that has them.

Synonyms: pocked, marked, indented

Antonyms: smooth, flat