Tiny pieces or particles of something, often visible as small spots or dots on a surface.
Middle English 'speck' from Old English 'specca,' related to Old Norse 'spiki' meaning a splinter. The word originally meant a splinter of wood and broadened to mean any small particle or spot.
Specks are everywhere and invisible until light hits them right—a single speck of dust in a dark room becomes obvious with a flashlight, which is why the same speck can be unnoticed one moment and impossible to ignore the next.
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