Freckle Definition
frĕkəl
freckled, freckles, freckling
noun
freckles
A small, brownish spot on the skin, esp. as a result of exposure to the sun.
Webster's New World
verb
freckled, freckles, freckling
To dot or become dotted with freckles or spots of color.
American Heritage
To cause freckles to appear on.
Webster's New World
To become spotted with freckles.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Freckle
Noun
Singular:
frecklePlural:
frecklesOrigin of Freckle
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Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur (plural) (compare Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Proto-Germanic *sprekalą 'freckle' (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- 'to strew, sprinkle'. Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.
From Wiktionary
From Middle English frakles freckles alteration of fraknes probably of Scandinavian origin Old Norse freknōttr freckly
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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