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freckle
I. \ˈfrekəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English frekel, frakel, alteration of freken, fraken, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse freknōttr freckled, Icelandic & Norwegian dialect frekna freckle; akin to Middle High German sprinkel, sprenkel spot, Old English spearca spark — more at spark
1.
a. : a small brownish spot in the skin usually due to precipitation of pigment on exposure to sunlight — called also ephelis; compare lentigo
b. : any spot or small bit of coloring or discoloration
< you felt that the sun would … send little freckles of light to dance upon her — Edith Sitwell >
specifically : a superficial spot on the skin of fruits (as in peach scab)
2. : an instance of freckling or a spotted condition produced by or resembling freckles
< a shadowy freckle had strewn itself throughout her ivory skin — Glenway Wescott >
< the freckle of red villas on the coast — Virginia Woolf >
II. verb
(freckled ; freckled ; freckling \-k(ə)liŋ\ ; freckles)
transitive verb
: to sprinkle or mark with freckles or small spots : spot
< the tiny, black spots (actually, a species of mushroom) that freckle their walls — P.E.Deutschman >
< watching the lights from outside my window freckle the ceiling with color — E.L.Wallant >
intransitive verb
: to become covered or marked with freckles
< a skin that freckles but does not tan in the sun > |