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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