Thursday, November 05, 2009


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."

Hmnnn, I know a few people like that....

51India

4 comments:

G-Man said...

Your skin is like lentils?
I thought it was smooth and bronzy and ever so young looking!

Logophile said...

Hey!

S said...

my legs are lentiginous but the rest of me is smooth and bronzy, g man!

Hah! Caught me!

lime said...

i'm kinda curious what the 50 cent word for being a frog sucker would be.