A small or minor freckle; a diminutive form suggesting a tiny freckle spot.
From 'freck' or 'freckle' plus the diminutive suffix '-et' (from Old French '-et', meaning small). The '-et' suffix shrinks things down, as in 'booklet' or 'droplet'.
Diminutive suffixes like '-et' let us express affection and scale simultaneously—a 'frecket' isn't just a small freckle but somehow a cute small freckle, which is why we say 'piglet' with more warmth than 'pig'.
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