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Barnacled

adj, verb

Definitions

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From barnacle + -ed.

Etymology 2

From barnacle + -ed.

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