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English
Etymology
From barnacle + -ed.
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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (figuratively) Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
Derived terms
Verb
barnacled
- simple past and past participle of barnacle