spreckle

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noun

A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

OriginMiddle English sprekle ← Old English sprecel ← Proto-West Germanic *sprekl →
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Meanings

spreckle1

nounspreckle (plural spreckles)

plural spreckles · alternative sprackle

  1. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalA speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

spreckle2

verbspreckle (third-person singular simple present spreckles, present participle spreckling, simple past and past participle spreckled)

present singular third person spreckles · participle present spreckling · participle past spreckled · past spreckled · alternative sprackle

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandambitransitivedialectalTo speckle; to become spotted or speckled.

Origin

spreckle · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)per-“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”
  2. Proto-Germanic*sprekla-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*sprekl
  4. Old Englishsprecel
  5. Middle Englishsprekle
  6. Englishspreckle

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”).

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spreckle · verb

  1. Middle English*spreklen
  2. Englishspreckle

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

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APA

spreckle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreckle

MLA

“spreckle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreckle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spreckle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreckle.

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