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a tiny sunburn that decided to stay and call itself a feature
means a small light-brown spot on the skin, caused by clusters of melanin and usually brought out by sunlight.
from From Middle English 'frecken' or 'fraknes,' borrowed from Old Norse 'freknur' (freckles) — a Scandinavian word the Vikings seem to have carried in alongside their longships. It likely traces back to a Proto-Germanic root meaning 'spotted' or 'speckled,' a cousin of words for the dappled and the dotted.
- sun trigger
- UV light wakes them; winter often fades them
- melanin clusters
- Freckles are dense pockets of pigment-producing cells
- redhead pairing
- A gene variant links red hair to freckles
- latin root
- Named lentigo, meaning lentil, for their size
- not moles
- Freckles are flat; they lack raised cell growth
for instance
cindy crawford's mole — beauty mark on supermodel's face, iconic since 1980s modeling career
henry red — fictional character from 'piper laurie' film, famous for freckled appearance