Barnacular
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles. not-comparable, rare
"It was a very uncertain matter what rock would be the basis of his future solidification into a housekeeping and sedate shell-fish ; or if he wasn't swallowed up by some big-bellied monster beforehand, and so altogether robbed of the patriarchal barnacular possibility."
Example
More examples"It was a very uncertain matter what rock would be the basis of his future solidification into a housekeeping and sedate shell-fish ; or if he wasn't swallowed up by some big-bellied monster beforehand, and so altogether robbed of the patriarchal barnacular possibility."
Etymology
From barnacle + -ar.
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