freckle

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: freck=le

CIDE DICTIONARY

freckle, n. [Dim., from the same root as freak, v. t.].

•  A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any small spot or discoloration.  [1913 Webster]

freckle, v. t. 

 To sprinkle or mark with freckles or small discolored spots; to spot.  [1913 Webster]

freckle, v. i. 

 To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

freckle, n. & v.
--n. (often in pl.) a light brown spot on the skin, usu. caused by exposure to the sun.
--v.
1 tr. (usu. as freckled adj.) spot with freckles.
2 intr. be spotted with freckles.

Derivative

freckly adj.

Etymology

ME fracel etc. f. dial. freken f. ON freknur (pl.)

THESAURUS

freckle

band, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, birthmark, blackhead, blaze, blaze a trail, bleb, blemish, blister, blot, blotch, brand, bulla, caste mark, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, comedo, crack, crater, craze, cut, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, dash, defacement, defect, define, deformation, deformity, delimit, demarcate, discolor, discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, dot, dottedness, earmark, engrave, engraving, fault, flake, flaw, fleck, flick, flyspeck, freckliness, gash, graving, hack, harlequin, hatch, hemangioma, hickey, impress, imprint, iris, jot, keloid, kink, lentigo, line, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, milium, mole, motley, mottle, mottledness, needle scar, nevus, nick, notch, patch, pencil, pepper, pimple, pit, pock, pockmark, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, pustule, rainbow, riddle, rift, scab, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, sebaceous cyst, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, split, splotch, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stud, sty, tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate, tick, tick off, tittle, trace, track, twist, underline, underscore, variegate, vein, verruca, vesicle, wale, warp, wart, watermark, weal, welt, wen, whitehead

ROGET THESAURUS

freckle

Blemish

N blemish, disfigurement, deformity, adactylism, flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun, eyesore, stain, blot, spot, spottiness, speck, speckle, blur, tarnish, smudge, dirt, freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip, blain, maculation, scar, wem, pustule, whelk, excrescence, pimple, pitted, freckled, discolored, imperfect, blobber-lipped, bloodshot, injured.