freck /fɹɛk/adjective 4verb 2noun 1forms 5 adjective4 •(Northern-England, no longer used) Not showing proper respect; impertinent, impudent. •(Scotland, no longer used) Bold, brave, courageous. •(Scotland, no longer used) Physically active and healthy; robust, vigorous.[H]e's a freck aul' body at his age. — 1887 •(Scotland, no longer used) Often followed by for or to: eager to do something; also, quick to act when an opportunity arises; prompt.Ae stride or twa took the silly auld carle, / An' a gude lang stride took he. / I trow thou art a freck auld carle, / Wilt thou show the way to me? — 1825 verb2 •(literary) To cover (someone or something) with small marks or spots; to dapple, to freckle, to speckle.There shee a bloodlesse Statue sate, all freckt; / Her spotted minde the Marble did infect. — 1626 •(literary, figurative) To scatter objects over (something).The eve put on her sweetest shroud, / The summer-dress she's often in, / Freck'd with white and purple cloud, / Dappled like a leopard's skin; […] — 1821 noun1 •Synonym of freckle (“a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin; any small spot which has a different colour from its background”).The eggs [of the pine grosbeak] vary much, both in size and colouring; […] ground-colour pale blue-green, blotched and streaked with light purple and burnt umber spots and frecks; […] — 1866 formsfrecked · frecking · frecks · more freck · most freck
