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barnacled

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barnacled

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From barnacle + -ed.

adjective more barnacled · most barnacled

  1. Crusted with barnacles.
  2. broadly, figuratively 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.
  6. figuratively Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of barnacle

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@misc{barnacled_2026,
  title = {barnacled},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barnacled},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}