"fleckless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈflɛkləs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-fleckless.wav
Etymology: From fleck + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fleck|less}} fleck + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fleckless (not comparable)
  1. Without flecks, spots or blemishes. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fleckless-en-adj-wFIbevKe
  2. Without blame; faultless. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fleckless-en-adj-Qwtn9PeM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flecklessly, flecklessness
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