Defn: To variegate; to checker; to streak. [R.]
Freaked with many a mingled hue. Thomson.
FREAK
Freak, n. Etym: [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly;
akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedly,
Goth. faíhufriks avaricious.]
Defn: A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator.
Syn.
— Whim; caprice; folly; sport. See Whim.
FREAKING
Freak"ing, a.
Defn: Freakish. [Obs.] Pepys.
FREAKISH
Freak"ish, a.
Defn: Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.
It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more
freakish of the two. L'Estrange.
Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope.
— Freak"ish*ly, adv.
— Freak"ish*ness, n.
FRECK
Freck, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Freak, v. t., Freckle.]
Defn: To checker; to diversify. [R. & Poet.]
The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow. Lowell.