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frecklesome

frecklesome adjective: characterised or marked by freckles.

Adjective

frecklesome (comparative more frecklesome, superlative most frecklesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by freckles
    • He was the most frecklesome kid I ever saw in my life. He was so homely that he was attractive.1911, The Philistine, volumes 33-34, page 157
    • A cheek like a rose, / A frecklesome nose.1915 (original 1912), Arthur Guiterman, The Laughing Muse - Page 145

Forms of frecklesome

comparativemore frecklesome
superlativemost frecklesome

Origin of frecklesome

From freckle + -some.

Questions about frecklesome

What does frecklesome mean?
Frecklesome means characterised or marked by freckles.
What part of speech is frecklesome?
Frecklesome is an adjective.

Words near frecklesome in the dictionary

  1. freckleface
  2. frecklefaces
  3. freckleless
  4. freckles
  5. freckles up
  6. frecklesome
  7. Freckleton
  8. Freckletons
  9. frecklier
  10. freckliest
  11. freckling

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