different between freckly vs freckle

English

Etymology 1

freckle +? -y

Adjective

freckly (comparative frecklier, superlative freckliest)

1. Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.

Etymology 2

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Adverb

freckly (comparative more freckly, superlative most freckly)

1. (obsolete) hurriedly
2. boldly; eagerly.

References

• freckly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• freckly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekal? (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??k?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Noun

freckle (plural freckles)

1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
   • c. 1920s-1930s, Charlotte Druitt Cole, Runaway Jane:

     The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep,

     The wind whispered, "Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!"

     And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace,

     Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face.

2. Any small spot or discoloration.
3. (Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
4. (Australia, slang) The anus.

Synonyms

• ephelis
• lentigo

Related terms

• beauty mark
• dirt
• sun kiss

Translations

Verb

freckle (third-person singular simple present freckles, present participle freckling, simple past and past participle freckled)

1. (transitive) To cover with freckles.
2. (intransitive) To become covered with freckles.

Related terms

• freckled
• freckleface
• freckly

Translations

Anagrams

• flecker