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barnacled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
bar-na-cled
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Crusted with barnacles.

adj

Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.

adj

Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.

adj

Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.

adj

Marked by personal experiences; worldly.

adj

Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.

verb

simple past and past participle of barnacle

Etymology

From barnacle + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more barnacled (comparative) most barnacled (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbarnacled

Questions

What does barnacled mean?
Crusted with barnacles.
Where does barnacled come from?
From barnacle + -ed.

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