Meaning

noun a point located with respect to surface features of some region

noun a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising

noun an outstanding characteristic

originFrom Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian…

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