freckled

freckled

English

Etymology

freckle +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɛkəld/

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Adjective

freckled (comparative more freckled, superlative most freckled)

1. Having freckles; covered with freckles.
   • 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 606515358, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:

     Pro. […] Then was this Iſland / (Saue for the Son, that he^[sic] did littour heere, / A frekelld whelpe, hag-borne) not honour'd with / A humane ſhape.

   • 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →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.

   A smile grew across Jim's freckled face.

Derived terms

• freckled blenny
• freckled duck

 

Related terms

• freckle, freckleface

Translations

having freckles

Asturian: pezosu (ast), pencosu (ast) Catalan: pigat Danish: fregnet Dutch: sproetig (nl), sproeterig Finnish: pisamainen German: sommersprossig (de) Hebrew: מנומש‎ (m'numásh) Hungarian: szeplős (hu) Italian: lentigginoso Latin: sparsus Maori: kōpatapata, kōtiwhatiwha Navajo: yistłʼin Norwegian: Bokmål: fregnet, fregnete Nynorsk: freknete Polish: piegowaty (pl) Portuguese: sardento (pt) Romanian: pistruiat (ro) Russian: весну́шчатый (ru) (vesnúščatyj), конопа́тый (ru) (konopátyj) (colloquial) Slovak: pehavý Spanish: pecoso (es) Swedish: fräknig (sv)

See also

• Wikipedia article on freckles