fleck
[flek]
noun
a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
a spot or small patch of color, light, etc.: the dapple mare with flecks of gray.
a spot or mark on the skin, as a freckle.
verb (used with object)
to mark with a fleck or flecks; spot; dapple.
Origin of fleck
1350–1400; Middle English flekked spotted; akin to Old Norse flekkr spot, streak, Old High German flec (German Fleck), Middle Low German, Middle Dutch vlecken to soil
Synonyms for fleck
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Related Words for fleckless
precise, unblemished, exquisite, immaculate, accurate, aces, clean, correct, exact, faultless, infallible, innocent, irreproachable, nice, perfect, pure, right, sinless, stainless, unerringExamples from the Web for fleckless
Historical Examples of fleckless
The papers extended across the hall and into a prim, fleckless parlor.
Anne Of AvonleaLucy Maud Montgomery
Antony settled his fleckless straw hat firmly upon his head and tightened his grip on his stick.
An Idyll of All Fools' DayJosephine Daskam Bacon
Then the sky resumes the fleckless blueness which characterises it during the greater part of the year.
A Bird Calendar for Northern IndiaDouglas Dewar
The sky was fleckless by this time and it did not seem possible that another storm could come up.
The Corner House Girls on Palm IslandGrace Brooks Hill
Out of the blue void of a fleckless sky, came whooping at dawn a boisterous wind.
Little Miss GrouchSamuel Hopkins Adams
fleck
noun
verb
Word Origin for fleck
C16: probably from Old Norse flekkr stain, spot; related to Old High German flec spot, plot of land
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