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单词 freckle
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frecklen.

Brit. /ˈfrɛkl/, U.S. /ˈfrɛk(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English–1500s fracel, fracle, frakel, frakil, frakle, 1500s frekell(e, frekele, frekyll, 1500s–1600s freck-(e)l, 1600s frecle, freclle, 1500s– freckle.
Etymology: Alteration of frecken n.
1. A yellowish or light-brown spot in the skin, said to be produced by exposure to the sun and wind.
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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
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 189 Of clooþ þat is clepid fraclis or goute roset.
?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe sig. Biii Lac virginis..taketh awaye frekels of the vysage.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 181 The legges and thighes discoullered into frekells.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 52 Some sprinkled Freckles on his Face were seen, Whose Dusk set off the Whiteness of the Skin.
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 33 Her skin..spangled here and there with a golden freckle.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 5 She was running about without thinking of freckles.
figurative.a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 7 He semed somwhat besprent wt the frekell of negligence.
2. Any small spot or discoloration.
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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
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 127 If a man doth cast a cupe..in the well, it wyll be full of droppes or frakils.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 13 In their [sc. cowslips'] gold coats, spottes you see: Those be Rubies, Fairie fauours: In those freckles, liue their sauours. View more context for this quotation
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Treat. Orange Trees i. 3 in Compl. Gard'ner One would take them at first but for little reddish Frecles and Spots.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 241 Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil.
1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) ii. 78 A sort of cirrostratus like little freckles.
1832 Bowles St. John in Patmos v. 57 Not a freckle stained the firmament High overhead.
in extended use.18.. O. W. Holmes Good Time Going This little speck, the British Isles? 'Tis but a freckle: never mind it!
3. ? A wrinkle. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle
rimpleeOE
rivellingOE
rivelc1325
crow's footc1374
frounce1390
wrinklea1400
frumplec1440
freckle1519
line1538
lirkc1540
shrivel1547
plait1574
furrow1589
trench1594
crowfoot1614
seam1765
thought-line1858
laughter line1867
laugh line1913
smile-line1921
worry lines1972
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xviii. f. 169v They fylle vp theyr frekyllys: and stretche abrode theyr skyn with tetanother.

Compounds

freckle-water; freckle-faced adj.
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1688 London Gaz. No. 2380/4 Charles Vine..freckle Fac'd..Run away from his Master.
1856 A. Manning Tasso & Leonora 100 I am off to the Barber-surgeon's to buy some freckle-water for Madama Leonora.
1884 Harper's Mag. Jan. 307/1 You were freckle-faced.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

frecklev.

Brit. /ˈfrɛkl/, U.S. /ˈfrɛk(ə)l/
Etymology: < freckle n.
1.
a. transitive. To cover with freckles or spots.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [verb (transitive)] > freckle
befreckle1610
freckle1613
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
1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois i. sig. B2v The bloud She so much thirsts for, freckling hands and face.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 68 Persons naturally with brown skins, are blistered or freckled less than those who are fairer.
1844 T. Hood Discov. in Astron. ii ‘Lord, master..To wonder so at spots upon the sun! I'll tell you what he's done—Freckled himself!’
b. intransitive. To appear in spots or patches.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > be spotted [verb (intransitive)] > appear as speckles
speckle1703
freckle1821
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 207 The sunbeams, filtering small, Freckling through the branches fall.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 201 Where the sunshine freckles on the eye Through the half~clothed branches in the woods.
2. intransitive. To become marked with freckles.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > become blemished [verb (intransitive)] > freckle
freckle1842
1842 W. M. Thackeray Confessions of G. Fitz-Boodle in Wks. (1869) XXII. 220 Those fair complexions, they freckle so.
1889 ‘F. Anstey’ Pariah i. iv You know I never freckle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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