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Etymology

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From freckle +‎ -some.

Adjective

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frecklesome (comparative more frecklesome, superlative most frecklesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by freckles
    • 1911, The Philistine, volumes 33-34, page 157:
      He was the most frecklesome kid I ever saw in my life. He was so homely that he was attractive.
    • 1915 (original 1912), Arthur Guiterman, The Laughing Muse - Page 145:
      A cheek like a rose, / A frecklesome nose.