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spreckle¹

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From Middle English sprekle, from Old English sprecel, spreccil, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekl, from Proto-Germanic *sprekla-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”).

noun spreckles · sprackle

  1. Northern England, Scotland, dialectal A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

spreckle²

Where it comes from

From Middle English *spreklen (suggested by past participle sprekled), from the noun above.

verb spreckles · spreckling · spreckled · sprackle

  1. Northern England, Scotland, ambitransitive, dialectal To speckle; to become spotted or speckled.

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@misc{spreckle_2026,
  title = {spreckle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spreckle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}