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单词 fernticle
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fernticlen.

/ˈfəːntɪk(ə)l/
Forms: late Middle English farntikyll, late Middle English farntikylle, late Middle English farntykyl, late Middle English ferntikill, late Middle English ferntykylle, late Middle English frantikkys (plural), late Middle English frantykle, late Middle English serutiklys (plural, transmission error), 1500s fayrntikle, 1700s farnicle; English regional (chiefly northern) 1700s faantickle, 1800s fairneytickle, 1800s fanteckle, 1800s fantickle, 1800s fanticle, 1800s farentickle, 1800s farmaticle, 1800s farneytickle, 1800s farnteckle, 1800s farntickle, 1800s farnticle; Scottish 1700s–1800s fairntickle, 1800s fairantickle, 1800s fairnitickle, 1800s fairnytickle, 1800s fernitickle, 1800s–1900s fernytickle, 1800s– ferntickle, 1900s fairentikkel, 1900s fairnteckle, 1900s ferniticle, 1900s– fernietickle; Irish English (northern) 1800s ferrentickle, 1800s– farntickle.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fern n.1, particle n., denticle n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < fern n.1 + -ticle (in e.g. particle n., denticle n., etc.; compare -cle suffix), after classical Latin lenticula freckle (see lenticle n.); so called on account of its resemblance to the seed of a fern.Forms in fran- show metathesis of r.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
‘A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern’ (W.).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > freckle
freckenc1386
frecklec1400
lentigoc1400
specklec1440
sprote?c1450
fernticle1483
mase1527
chit1552
lentils1558
summerfold1668
summer spot1685
form-speckle1702
ephelis1756
heat-spot1822
1483 Cath. Angl. 123/1 A Farntikylle, lenticula.
1483 Cath. Angl. 128/1 A Ferntykylle, cesia.
1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. P iij a Rocket..taketh away frekles or fayrntikles with vinegre.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Farnticles..the brown ‘pin point pops’ clustered in the complexion.

Derivatives

ˈfernticled adj. freckled.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [adjective] > spot or mark > freckle
freckened?a1400
freckledc1440
frecknyc1440
fernticled1483
chitty1552
lentiginous1598
freckled-faced1612
frecklish1692
frecklya1704
flecked1868
1483 Cath. Angl. 123/1 Farntykylde, lentiginosus.
1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 351 Pluggy fac'd Wat..And..farnicled Huggy.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Farn-tickled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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