stud (v.) Copy link • stud (v.): chiefly in p. part., studded: distinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to adorn, set off; as with jewels, etc.): the sky s.'d with stars, coelum astris distinctum [et ornatum], Cic. N. D. 2, 37, fin. In sim. sense, coelum stellis fulgentibus aptum, Virg. Aen. 11, 202. Studded may also be expr. by crēber: robes s.'d with jewels, *creber gemmis ornatus.