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birthmark

noun
/ˈbɝθˌmɑɹk/US

Etymology

From birth + mark. Displaced earlier terms longing mark and mother's mark.

  1. derived from *mórǵs✻
  2. derived from *markō✻
  3. derived from *marku✻
  4. derived from mearc
  5. derived from mark
  6. compounded as birthmark — “birth + mark”

Definitions

  1. A mark on the skin formed before birth.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA