freckled
- adjective
- /ˈfrɛkəld/
- 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.
- And then you, I see those two eyes dart over and they see my freckled legs bare.
Examples
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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 -
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Ask 'em if they've seen a brown horse with a freckled nose.
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I love my freckles, but this full coverage foundation covers everything.
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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
Having many small brown spots on skin or other things
Having small spots on the surface
Having many small brown spots on the skin like freckles
Having many small brown spots on the skin like freckles
Having small dark marks on skin or objects from long sun exposure
Having small brown spots often seen on eggs or feathers
With small spots of a different color
How Spotted
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.