FRECKLE, FRECKLED
ADJECTIVES
► BRAN-FACED freckle-faced → 1890 Eng. dial.
► CHITTY freckled; covered with warts or pimples → 1552 obs.
► CHRISTENED BY A BAKER freckle-faced → 1788 UK sl.
► FAN-FECKLED ► FAN-FRECKLED freckled, spotted with the sun → 1859 Eng. dial.
► FARM-SPRECKLED freckled, having freckles on the skin → 1893 Eng. dial.
► FRECKNY freckled → c1440 obs.
► LENTIGINOUS full of freckles → 1597
► NAEVOSE spotted, freckled → 1847
► PAWM-PECKLED ► PAWM-SPECKLED freckled, spotted → 1843 Eng. dial.
► SPROTY spotted, freckled → 1500 obs.
► THORN-PECKLED freckled → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TURKEY-EGGED freckled, speckled → 1912 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ANGEL KISSES freckles → 20C sl.
► ARR a spot or freckle → 1830 Eng. dial.
► DANE SKIN a freckled skin → 1887 Eng. dial.
► FAIRNY-TICKLES ► FARMATICLES ► FERN-TICKLES ► FERNY-TICKLES freckles, sun-spots, sunburn → 1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FARMFRECKLE a freckle on the skin → 1889 Eng. dial.
► FAWN-FRECKLES ► FAWN-PECKLES freckles → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FECKLES freckles → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FEN-FRECKLES ► FERN-FECKLES ► FERN-FRECKLES freckles, sun-spots, resembling the seeds of the fern → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FERNITICKLES freckles → 1483 obs. exc. Sc.
► FORM-SPECKLE a freckle → 1702 obs.
► HEAT-SPOT a red spot on the skin, a freckle → 1822-34
► LENTIGO a freckle or pimple → c1400
► LENTILS freckles or spots on the skin → 1558-68 obs.
► MASE a spot, a freckle → 1527 obs.
► MURFLES freckles → 1777 Eng. dial.
► SPROTE a spot, a freckle → c1450 obs.
► SUMMER SPOT a freckle → 1876
► SUMMER-FOLD a freckle → 1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TANSY-FACE a freckled face → 1972 Sc.
► THORN-SPECKLES freckles → 1885 Eng. dial.
► TURKEY-EGGS freckles → 1761 Eng. & Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
► PAINT a nickname for a man with freckles → 1936 US cowboy usage (Bk.)