Pl. lentigines. [L. f. lent-em, lens lentil.] A freckle or pimple; now usually collect. for an affection of the skin (see quot. 1876).
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 190. Lentigines ben purgid wiþ a strong purgacioun.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lentigo, a Pimple, or Freckle; a small red Spot in the Face, or other Part, resembling a Lentil.
1842. T. H. Burgess, Man. Dis. Skin, 244. Lentigo generally occurs in persons with a fine, white skin, and light or auburn hair.
1876. Duhring, Dis. Skin, 336. Lentigo consists in a pigment deposit, characterized by small, pin-head or pea-sized, yellowish or yellowish-brown spots, occurring for the most part about the face and the backs of the hands.
