freckle
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əl1350–1400; blend of obsolete frecken freckle (Middle English frekne < Old Norse *frekna; compare freknōttr speckled, Norwegian, Icelandic frekna, Swedish fräkna freckle) and speckle (noun)
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freckle (ˈfrɛkəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Technical name: lentigo a small brownish spot on the skin: a localized deposit of the pigment melanin, developed by exposure to sunlight |
| 2. | any small area of discoloration; a spot |
| 3. | slang (Austral) the anus |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to mark or become marked with freckles or spots |
| [C14: from Old Norse freknur freckles; related to Swedish fräkne, Danish fregne] | |
| 'freckled | |
| —adj | |
| 'freckly | |
| —adj | |
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| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about. |
freckle
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freckle freck·le (frěk'əl)
n.
A small brownish spot on the skin, often turning darker or increasing in number upon exposure to the sun.
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freckle
a small, brownish, well-circumscribed, stainlike spot on the skin occurring most frequently in red- or sandy-haired individuals. In genetically predisposed individuals who have been exposed to the ultraviolet radiation of sunlight, production of the pigment melanin increases in the pigment cells of the skin (melanocytes); the number of melanocytes does not increase. Freckles do not form on surfaces that have not been exposed to the sun. The freckles usually appear after the age of five and tend to fade somewhat in adults. Apart from avoiding sunlight, there is no known way of preventing them. They may, on occasion, be confused with pigmented nevi.
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