BARNACLED

Etymology

Adjective

barnacled (comparative more barnacled, superlative most barnacled)

Crusted with barnacles.

(figurative, by extension) Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.

Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.

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

(figuratively) Marked by personal experiences; worldly.

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

Verb

barnacled

simple past tense and past participle of barnacle

Source: Wiktionary



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