spreckle

The English word “spreckle” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

verb

To speckle; to become spotted or speckled.

Etymology

From Middle English sprekle, from Old English sprecel, spreccil, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekl, from Proto-Germanic *sprekla-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”).

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