freck
prompt; eager
Adjective
- prompt; eager
- Ae stride or twa took the silly auld carle, An' a gude lang stride took he. I trow thou art a freck auld carle, Wilt thou show the way to me? - a. 1843, The Young Maxwell:
Forms
Verb
- To checker; to diversify.
- The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow, / Dusking the sunshine which they seem to cheer, / Meet symbol of the senses and the soul; […] - 1869 December (indicated as 1870 January), James Russell Lowell, “The...
Origin
Compare freak (transitive verb), freckle.