freckle
noun
one of the small, brownish spots on the skin that are caused by deposition of pigment and that increase in number and darken on exposure to sunlight; lentigo.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Summer, before it has freckled into hot fulness and forgotten the fresh scent and colour of blossoms!
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck