barnacled

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Crusted with barnacles.
  2. Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
  3. Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
  4. Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
  5. Marked by personal experiences; worldly.
  6. Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of barnacle

Word forms

barnacled more barnacled most barnacled

Etymology

From barnacle + -ed.

Derived words

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