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lentigo

UK/lɛnˈtaɪɡəʊ//lɛnˈtaɪɡoʊ/

lentigo noun: a brown pigmented spot on the skin.

Noun

lentigo (countable and uncountable, plural lentigos or lentigines)

  1. A brown pigmented spot on the skin.
    • […] too much lentigo camouflaged her rosy rustic features […]1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, The Olympia Press

lentigo meaning in Tamil

lentigo in Tamil

துவரைத்துடிப்பு

Forms of lentigo

plurallentigos
plurallentigines

Origin of lentigo

Learned borrowing from Latin lentīgo. Earliest attestation as Late Middle English lentigines (plural).

Questions about lentigo

What does lentigo mean?
Lentigo means a brown pigmented spot on the skin.
What is lentigo in Tamil?
Lentigo in Tamil is துவரைத்துடிப்பு. See Lentigo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lentigo?
Lentigo is a noun.
How do you pronounce lentigo?
Lentigo is pronounced /lɛnˈtaɪɡoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of lentigo?
The plural of lentigo is lentigos.

Words near lentigo in the dictionary

  1. lentigines
  2. lentiginose
  3. lentiginosis
  4. lentiginous
  5. lentiglobus
  6. lentigo
  7. lentigos
  8. lentil
  9. lentil shell
  10. lentil shells
  11. lentil vetch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lentigo (page history and authors); lentigo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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