n :  one of the small brownish spots in the skin that are usu. due to precipitation of pigment and that increase in number and intensity on exposure to sunlight - called also ephelis  - compare LENTIGO  freck*led adj 
, vt, freck*led  freck*ling   :  to become marked with freckles .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  fur·cu·la 
 
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