freckle
noun
- any of the small brownish spots on the skin that turn darker or increase in number upon exposure to the sun
verb
- to spot with freckles
- to be or become spotted with freckles
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛkəl/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from 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.
- A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
“Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.”
“The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep, / The wind whispered, "Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!" / And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace, / Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face.”
- Any small spot or discoloration.
- A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
- The anus.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from 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.
- To cover with freckles.
- To become covered with freckles.