Barnacular

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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