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fleck

  [flek]
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–noun
1. a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
2. a spot or small patch of color, light, etc.: the dapple mare with flecks of gray.
3. a spot or mark on the skin, as a freckle.
–verb (used with object)
4. to mark with a fleck or flecks; spot; dapple.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME flekked spotted; akin to ON flekkr spot, streak, OHG flec (G Fleck), MLG, MD vlecken to soil

Related forms:
fleckless, adjective
fleck⋅less⋅ly, adverb
flecky, adjective

Synonyms:
4. bespeckle, spatter, dot, speck, daub.
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Word Origin & History

fleck  (v.)
c.1430, from O.N. flekka "to spot," from P.Gmc. *flekk- (cf. M.Du. vlecke, O.H.G. flec, Ger. Fleck). The noun is first recorded 1598, probably from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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