Meaning

noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

noun a small contrasting part of something

verb make a spot or mark onto

originFrom 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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