freckle Definition

freckle
noun

1. A small yellowish-brown benign mark on the skin, especially of fair-skinned people, which sometimes appears in large numbers, usually becoming darker and more prominent with exposure to the sun.

Thesaurus: pigmentation, blemish, blotch, macula, nevus, lentigo.

verb

tr & intr
freckled, freckling
1. To mark, or become marked, with freckles.

Derivative: freckled
adj

Etymology: 14c as frecken: from Norse freknur freckles.