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Lentiginous Len Tij Uh Nuhs Adjective Covered Freckles Latin Lentiginosus Freckled

The adjective "lentiginous" means covered with freckles, derived from the Latin word for freckle, which itself comes from the word for lentil.

İngilizce

Front lentiginous \len-TIJ-uh-nuhs\
Back adjective
Covered with freckles.

[From Latin lentiginosus (freckled), from lentigo (freckle), from lens (lentil).]

"I realised that my freckly Celtic complexion wasn't a curse I had to endure for life, and my offensively lentiginous skin could be smoothed into picture-perfect ivory." - Simon Price; Cover-up, Powder and Eyeliner; The Guardian (London, UK); Dec 14, 2002. 

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