fleck
/flɛk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.57 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A flake.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "two flecks of Lard cut with your knife"
- "With teeth they smooth their work, as on it slips, And flecks of wool stick to their wither'd lips"
- "A single fleck of wool from his sock got caught on a splintery floorboard and that was enough to convict him."
- "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 fleck of hope"
- "a fleck of imagination"
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *flekk, flekkr, *flekka-