Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A skin lesion, such as a nevus or angioma, that is present at birth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Some congenital mark or blemish on a person's body; a strawberry-mark; a mole; a nævus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A mark on the skin formed before birth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Etymologies
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Examples
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On her blog she writes that although she has a physical birthmark, she also uses the word 'birthmark' as a metaphor.
Shira Hirschman Weiss: 'It Gets Better' Isn't Getting Old: Famous Voices Bolster the Message Shira Hirschman Weiss 2011
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On her blog she writes that although she has a physical birthmark, she also uses the word 'birthmark' as a metaphor.
Shira Hirschman Weiss: 'It Gets Better' Isn't Getting Old: Famous Voices Bolster the Message Shira Hirschman Weiss 2011
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On her blog she writes that although she has a physical birthmark, she also uses the word 'birthmark' as a metaphor.
Shira Hirschman Weiss: 'It Gets Better' Isn't Getting Old: Famous Voices Bolster the Message Shira Hirschman Weiss 2011
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On her blog she writes that although she has a physical birthmark, she also uses the word 'birthmark' as a metaphor.
Shira Hirschman Weiss: 'It Gets Better' Isn't Getting Old: Famous Voices Bolster the Message Shira Hirschman Weiss 2011
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My birthmark is not just a mark that never changes or gets worse.
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Huh? And I think the birthmark is delicately beautiful.
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Kitaen was married to Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale, which makes you wonder if the Saints Quarterback has seen the video and if Mrs. Brees is concerned as the song that proclaims: "Your birthmark is the finest feature of your fine face," and ends in a marriage proposal.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: Ultimate Saints Love Ballad Me and Drew (VIDEO) Karen Dalton-Beninato 2010
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The birthmark could be a tattoo, a trick they've seen before.
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"On September seventeenth of that year, pursuant to a procedure for the removal of a nevus — that is, a birthmark — from Miss Corrones's leg, did you administer Ketaject to her and then, when you perceived her to be unconscious, partially undress her, fondle her breasts and genitals and masturbate until you reached a climax?"
Mistress of Justice Deaver, Jeffery 1992
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Not much comfort in the hope that old yellow eyes with the birthmark might be a lousy shot.
Slay Ride Francis, Dick, 1920- 1974
Prolagus commented on the word birthmark
.(For the price of a cup of tea, by Belle and Sebastian)
November 20, 2009