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Synonyms for birthmark


Grammar : Noun
Spell : burth-mahrk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜrθˌmɑrk



Définition of birthmark

Origin :
  • also birth-mark, by 1805, from birth (n.) + mark (n.1). Birth marks in 17c. could be longing marks; supposedly they showed the image of something longed for by the mother while expecting. Related: Birthmarked.
  • noun blemish one is born with
Example sentences :
  • Or thus: 'Haven't you a birthmark on the back of your neck?' '
  • Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
  • They are outside of the individual experience as much as a birthmark.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 » by Elizabeth Bisland
  • But the birthmark on its wrist was branded on my brain so that I could not forget it.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Dawn » by Elsie Finnimore Buckley
  • A supreme act is recognizable at sight: it bears the birthmark of immortality.
  • Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington
  • It seems as if the travail and yearning of his mother had passed upon him as a birthmark.
  • Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs
  • "Son of an electric eel," she said when Tel reached her, her birthmark scarlet.
  • Extract from : « Captives of the Flame » by Samuel R. Delany
  • Did he have a birthmark on his chin, this man you bought the book from?
  • Extract from : « The Secret Mark » by Roy J. Snell
  • It was the face of the man she had seen in the shop, he of the birthmark on his chin.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Mark » by Roy J. Snell
  • It must be a birthmark, or maybe he was too anxious to get to town to-night.
  • Extract from : « Langford of the Three Bars » by Kate Boyles
  • Lawlessness was its inheritance and the red splotch of violence its birthmark.
  • Extract from : « The Ultimate Criminal » by Archibald H. Grimke

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