birthmarkn.
/ˈbəːθmɑːk/, U.S. /ˈbərθˌmɑrk/ A brown or red patch or growth on the skin that is present at birth; esp. a mole or naevus. Also figurative.
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birthmark1579
longing mark1644
native note1658
signature1659
naevus1684
mother spot1690
naevus maternus1726
mother's mark1797
mother mark1822
strawberry-mark1847
birth stain1850
port wine mark1853
spider cancer1898
spider-naevus1898
spider1942
spider angioma1956
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 191 A certen birth marke he had vpon one of his lippes, like a litle warte.
1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. iii. ii. 197 At the reception of every child, the day, the time, and the sex are noted in a book, with all..the birth-marks and tokens observed upon it.
1869 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 74 Here too the birth-mark of the great race is visible.
1950 Life 29 Aug. 17/2 There was a bruiselike mark clearly noticeable behind and below Francis Powers' left jaw... ‘It's a birthmark,’ Powers said.
2015 A. Flourney Turner House 80 She had a light splotch of skin about the size of a dime on the inside of her right biceps... Either a birthmark or a burn scar, he figured.
Derivatives
ˈbirthmarked adj. having or characterized by a birthmark.
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strawberried1675
birthmarked1882
1882 Alexandra & Yea Standard (Victoria, Austral.) 22 Sept. She is birth-marked on the forehead.
1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days ii. 21 His birthmarked cheek.
2007 Hobart (Tasmania) Mercury (Nexis) 31 Mar. 43 Over-tanned, birthmarked and acne scarred would-be starlets will soon have access to the ELOS technology pioneered by dermatologist Patrick Bitter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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