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Added 9 October 2026

fleck

/flɛk/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fleck at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A flake.
A lock, as of wool.
A small spot or streak; a speckle.

verb

To mark (something) with small spots.

Origin

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.

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