fleckless

English

Etymology

From fleck +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛkləs/

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Adjective

fleckless (not comparable)

1. Without flecks, spots or blemishes.
   • 1897, Julia Ditto Young, The Story of Saville, Part 8:

     the kiss to the maiden’s lips came as a fleckless delight,

   • 1921, Edgar Wallace, The Day of Uniting, Chapter 17:

     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.

2. Without blame; faultless.
   • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 2”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

     My conscience will not count me fleckless.

Derived terms

• flecklessly
• flecklessness

References

• “fleckless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.