birthmark

[ burth-mahrk ]

noun

1. a minor disfigurement or blemish on a person's skin at birth; nevus.

birthmark

/ ˈbɜːθˌmɑːk /

noun

1. a blemish or new growth on skin formed before birth, usually brown or dark red; naevus

Word History and Origins

Origin of birthmark¹

First recorded in 1570–80; birth + mark ¹

Example Sentences

Close enough to see the tiny scar on his eyelid that looks like a birthmark.

From The Daily Beast

His wire-rimmed glasses rested just below the round birthmark that adorns his forehead.

From The Daily Beast

And the papers of Braulinski of the old University of Warsaw on the fear trauma which he termed a birthmark of civilization.

From Project Gutenberg

Often this eccentricity bore all the marks of strength; perhaps it was actual exuberance of force, a birthmark of genius.

From Project Gutenberg

He was heavily built, with an undershot jaw and a patch of liverish birthmark on his cheek.

From Project Gutenberg

She gloried in the impact that felled the great brute with the liver patch on his cheek, which was like a birthmark of war.

From Project Gutenberg

Without hesitation I set down the bad as born to be foes not friends, and as bearing the birthmark of internecine hate.

From Project Gutenberg