A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg
lentiginous
PRONUNCIATION:
(len-TIJ-uh-nuhs) 
MEANING:
adjective: Covered with freckles.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin lentiginosus (freckled), from lentigo (freckle), from lens (lentil).
USAGE:
"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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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals. -Jonathan Swift, satirist (1667-1745)
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