freckled
English
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle English frekled; equivalent to freckle + -ed.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈfɹɛkəld/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editfreckled (comparative more freckled, superlative most freckled)
- Having freckles; covered with freckles.
- A smile grew across Jim's freckled face.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
- 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 122:
- At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.
Derived terms
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editTranslations
edithaving freckles
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