fleck

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
  2. noun a small contrasting part of something
  3. verb make a spot or mark onto

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

bit, chip, flake, scrap

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