barnacled

English

Etymology

barnacle + -ed

Adjective

barnacled (comparative more barnacled, superlative most barnacled)

  1. Crusted with barnacles.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) 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. (figuratively) Marked by personal experiences; worldly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  6. (figuratively) Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.

Verb

barnacled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of barnacle
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