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fleck.

A flake.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/flɛk/

  1. A flake.

  2. A lock, as of wool.

  3. A small spot or streak; a speckle.

  4. A small amount.

    a fleck of hope
    a fleck of imagination
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/flɛk/

  1. To mark (something) with small spots.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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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