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freck

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/08/21 03:08 UTC 版)

WOTD – 17 August 2026

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語源 1

The noun is a clipping of freckle (noun). Freckle is derived from frecken (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) freckle”)), from Late 中期英語 fracle, frekel, frekle (“freckle; pimple; fleck of colour in a stone”), a variant of frakne, freken (“freckle; other skin blemish”) from Old Norse freknur pl, an s-less variant of Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g-, *(s)pregʰ- (“to sprinkle, strew”).

The verb is a clipping of freckle (noun) or freckle (verb).

名詞

freck (plural frecks)

  1. Synonym of freckle (“a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin; any small spot which has a different colour from its background”).

動詞

freck (third-person singular simple present frecks, present participle frecking, simple past and past participle frecked) (transitive, chiefly passive voice, often poetic)

  1. Chiefly followed by with.
    1. To cover (someone or something) with small marks or spots; to dapple, to freckle, to speckle.
      Synonyms: fleck, maculate, mottle, spot, variegate
    2. (figurative) To scatter objects over (something).
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語源 2

    From 中期英語 frecch, frecche (“bold, brave; fierce; greedy, voracious”), frek (“bold, brave; fierce; eager, zealous; fast, quick; greedy (?)”), from 古期英語 frec, fræc (“audacious, bold; greedy”) from Proto-West Germanic *frek (“greedy”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“greedy”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“to covet; to yearn”).

    形容詞

    freck (comparative more freck, superlative most freck) (archaic)

    1. (Northern England) Not showing proper respect; impertinent, impudent.
    2. (Scotland)
      1. Bold, brave, courageous.
      2. Physically active and healthy; robust, vigorous.
        Synonyms: see Thesaurus:healthy
      3. Often followed by for or to: eager to do something; also, quick to act when an opportunity arises; prompt.
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    派生語

    参照

    1. ^ “freck, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024; “freck, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
    2. ^ Joseph Wright, editor (1900), “FRECKEN, sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume II (D–G), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 489, column 2.
    3. ^ “frakles, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    4. ^ “fraknes, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    5. ^ “freckle, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2026; “freckle, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
    6. ^ “frecken, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2025.
    7. ^ “freak, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2026; “freak, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
    8. ^ “freech(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    9. ^ “frē̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    10. ^ Joseph Bosworth (1882), “frec, fræc, adj.”, in T[homas] Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 331, column 1.
    11. ^ Compare “frack, adj. (and adv.)”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2025.

    Further reading

    アナグラム

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    発音記号

    • / frɛk / (米国英語)
    • / frek / (英国英語)

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