fleckless

adj — 2 senses

fleckless

adj

/ˈflɛkləs/

Etymology From fleck + -less.

1

Without flecks, spots or blemishes.

  • the kiss to the maiden’s lips came as a fleckless delight,1897, Julia Ditto Young, The Story of Saville, Part 8:
  • As he drove down Blackheath Hill that bright May morning, with the sky a fleckless blue and the world bathed in yellow sunshine, it seemed impossible that this terrible thing could happen.1921, Edgar Wallace, The Day of Uniting, Chapter 17:
2

Without blame; faultless.

  • My conscience will not count me fleckless.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 2”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
Derived terms
flecklessly, flecklessness

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