Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freckly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: freck-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.

adv

Obsolete

adv

boldly; eagerly.

Etymology

Etymology tree English freckle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English freckly From freckle + -y.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

frecklier (comparative) freckliest (superlative) more freckly (comparative) most freckly (superlative)

Questions

What does freckly mean?: Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
Where does freckly come from?: Etymology tree English freckle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English freckly From freckle + -y.

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