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单词 freck
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freckn.

/frɛk/
Etymology: ? Shortened < freckle n.
rare.
= freckle n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle
puncta1398
pointa1400
masclec1400
specklec1440
pecklec1450
sprinkle1481
spreckle1513
frecklea1549
spruttle1553
dot1596
punctum1653
pip1676
spark1686
punctal1694
mail1727
punctule1785
puncta1858
freck1866
guttula1887
1866 Intellectual Observer No. 53. 349 Burnt-umber spots and frecks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

freckfrackadj.

/frɛk//frak/
Forms: α. Old English frec, Middle English frech, southern vrech, Middle English freck, frekk(e, Middle English frek(e, (Middle English freik), 1700s–1800s Scottish freck. β. Scottish1500s–1600s frak, 1500s–1800s frack.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English frec , fric , fræc = Old High German freh covetous, greedy (Middle High German vrech courageous, German frech bold, insolent), Old Norse frekr greedy (Swedish frack daring, Danish fræk ), Gothic (faihu ) friks (fee-)greedy, covetous. Compare frike adj., which seems to have been confused with this word.
Obsolete exc. Scottish.
1.
a. Desirous, eager, prompt, quick, ready. Const. genitive. (Old English only) to with n. or v. in infinitive. to make freck: to make ready.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > eager
yevereOE
frecka1000
cofc1000
fousOE
sharpc1000
anguishous?c1225
eager?a1300
hardya1387
hetera1400
yeverousa1400
belivea1450
forthward1488
yapc1500
ertand1508
tite?a1540
high1649
fell1667
forwardeda1674
agog1683
enthusiastic1777
empressé1878
rearing1904
press-on1948
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)]
buskc1330
agraith1340
to make readya1382
arraya1387
providec1425
prepare1517
addressa1522
apparel1523
bouna1525
buckle1563
to make frecka1572
fettle?c1600
fix1716
to set into ——1825
to show foot1825
ready1878
to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883
prep1900
to get (oneself) organized1926
to sharpen one's pencil1957
a1000 Boeth. Metr. viii. 15 Hwæt hi firenlusta frece ne wæron.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4696 To heo eoden alle afoten. & swiðe freche [c1300 Otho frech] weoren.
1352 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 68 Doghty men..That war ful frek to fight.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5198 To bidd hast now es nan sa frek.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4441 He was freke his name to frayne.
1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline (1621) Pref. sig. A2 Frack to preach the Gospell in Scotland, as in another Antiochia.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 104 The merchantis maid frack to saill.
1820 W. Scott Abbot III. vii. 225 You know whether I am so frack as the serving-man spoke him.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 119 Hae ye your man by acht o'clock, A' frack and furnish't for the shock.
b. In bad sense: Greedy, gluttonous; also, keen for mischief.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > specifically of persons
freckc950
mischievousc1438
mischiefful1541
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > gluttonous
freckc950
egernec1200
gluttonous1340
glutterous1382
lecherous1480
pampereda1529
glutton1532
draffsacked1548
gourmand1557
pampering1562
guttish1567
ingluvious1569
belly-fed1574
lurching1577
gulling1579
lickerous-mouthed1579
gully-gut1582
gormandizing1596
belly-devout1599
guttling1633
helluous1641
gulous1657
belly-proud1675
gut-led1682
gulligutted1694
poke pudding1705
ungodly1746
ventripotent1823
ventripotential1824
guttlesome1861
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xi. 19 Heonu monn fric.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 103 Fox is ec anfrech beast & fretewil wið alle.
c1275 Old Eng. Misc. 75 Ac sathanas þe frecche Þe saule wule drecche, Hwanne he agult habbeþ.
2. Lusty, strong, vigorous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > fresh or vigorous
vigorousc1330
frikea1400
freck?a1513
flourishing?1555
flush1604
caller1754
yauld1787
strengthful1830
beany1852
pithsome1864
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 233 On all the flwre thair was nan frackar.
1569 in Napier Mem. (1793) 127 Thou art the frackest felow amang them.
1820 W. Scott Abbot III. vii. 221 Unlikely men to slay one of the frackest youths in Scotland of his years.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

freckfrackv.1

Etymology: < freck adj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
intransitive. To move swiftly or nimbly.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > speedily
rakeOE
rekec1275
raikc1390
richc1400
freck1513
to hie it1620
whidc1730
scoot1758
spank1807
kilt1816
nip1825
slip1864
breeze1907
bomb1966
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. i. 62 As the Troianis frakkis our the fluide.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iv. 101.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

freckv.2

/frɛk/
Etymology: ? Shortened < freckle v. or variant of freak v.
transitive. To mark with spots or freckles; to dapple.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > spot [verb (transitive)] > speckle
powderc1380
besprenga1425
prick1530
sprinkle1551
peckle1570
speckle1570
speck1580
pepper?1605
pounce1610
freckle1613
freck1621
stipplea1774
punctuate1777
dot1784
puncture1848
bespeckle1860
prickle1888
tick1910
1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 57 There shee a bloodlesse Statue sate, all freckt.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 3 Eve put on her sweetest shroud..Freck'd with white and purple cloud.
1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 25 The painted windows, frecking [1877: freaking] gloom with glow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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