Meanings
nounlentigo (countable and uncountable, plural lentigos or lentigines)
plural lentigos · plural lentigines
- countableuncountablemedicineA brown pigmented spot on the skin.
[…] too much lentigo camouflaged her rosy rustic features […]
1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, The Olympia Press
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Origin
- Middle Englishlentigines
- Latinlentīgo
- Englishlentigo
Learned borrowing from Latin lentīgo. Earliest attestation as Late Middle English lentigines (plural).
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APA
lentigo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lentigo
MLA
“lentigo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lentigo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lentigo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lentigo.
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