A small spot or mark, often used to describe tiny particles of color, dust, or contrasting material.
From Old Norse 'flekk,' related to Germanic words for patch or spot. Entered English by the 1500s and originally described the pattern of spots on animals or skin.
Gold fleck in food (like in fancy liqueurs) isn't digestible and just passes through your body unchanged—so when someone pays extra for edible gold, they're literally paying for pretty nothing that goes in and comes back out.
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