Fleck
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fleck¹
- /flɛk/
Rhymes with -ɛk
Where it comes from
From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.
noun flecks
- A flake. two flecks of Lard cut with your knife
- A lock, as of wool. With teeth they smooth their work, as on it slips, And flecks of wool stick to their wither'd lips
- A small spot or streak; a speckle. So fret not, like an idle girl, / That life is dash'd with flecks of sin. / Abide: thy wealth is gathered in, / When Time hath sunder'd shell from pearl.
- A small amount. a fleck of hope
verb flecks · flecking · flecked
- To mark (something) with small spots. So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Fleck²
proper noun
- A surname.
