freckle

Meanings

1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
2. Any small spot or discoloration.
3. A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
4. The anus.

1. To cover with freckles.
2. To become covered with freckles.

Etymology

From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.