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freckled

freckled

10 2.7
Having many small light brown spots on the skin from being in the sun
  • adjective
  • /ˈfrɛkəld/
translation icon : pecoso
  • The girl had a freckled face that beamed in the summer sun.
  • freckled red

And then you, I see those two eyes dart over and they see my freckled legs bare.

Examples

  • Opening her eyes, she saw that Linda Moore's freckled face was inches from her own.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Bobby was Maida's brother, a husky boy, freckled and friendly, home from his first year in college.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Six - Your freckled nose -

  • Ask 'em if they've seen a brown horse with a freckled nose.

  • I love my freckles, but this full coverage foundation covers everything.

  • His red hair, freckled face, and cheerful open expression gave him an innocent, almost childlike look.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Up close, the Scoutmaster's face is soft and freckled, and his eyelashes are just wisps of white above his eyes.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • With his broad freckled face, jug ears, and mop of carroty hair, he looked sweet, innocent, and kind.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Sugar, age fourteen, and Sam, age ten, were fair-skinned and freckled, resembling their husky, blond father.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • By the side of the bed stood Etty pouring pink suntan lotion on his freckled back.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

freckly
vsfreckled
1 3.0

Having many small brown spots on skin or other things

means having such spots but can apply to fewer or lighter ones
bespeckled
vsfreckled
1 7.1

Having small spots on the surface

restricts this idea to small light brown spots on skin
lentiginous
vsfreckled
  • Specialized
9.9

Having many small brown spots on the skin like freckles

is the common everyday term for similar small brown skin marks
lentiginose
vsfreckled
  • Specialized
9.9

Having many small brown spots on the skin like freckles

is the ordinary, nontechnical word for those pigment spots on skin
sunspotted
vsfreckled
6.1

Having small dark marks on skin or objects from long sun exposure

covers similar sun marks but also spots from other causes
brown-speckled
vsfreckled
3.0

Having small brown spots often seen on eggs or feathers

is about skin spots in general rather than any surface material
flecked
vsfreckled
4.4

With small spots of a different color

focuses specifically on light brown skin spots rather than general patterns

How Spotted

mottled
7 6.3
spotted
2 1.0
speckled
1 2.8
freckled
10 2.7

Surface Forms

freckled positive

Morphology

freckled = freckle (transparent) = freckle + ed

Formed from 'freckle' + the adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed', meaning 'having freckles', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Freckled comes from an old Norse word freknur that meant 'spotted' or 'speckled'. So, freckled means 'covered with small, light brown spots', often after time in the sun.