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seaworn

seaworn adjective: smoothed or worn away gradually by the action of the sea.

Adjective

seaworn (comparative more seaworn, superlative most seaworn)

  1. Smoothed or worn away gradually by the action of the sea.
    • With Waltham, and the Bere, that on the Sea-worne shore
      See at the Southerne Iles the Tides at tilt to runne;1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 2 p. 28
    • Some of the larger stones are completely angular, including the tallest stone in the structure, but others, including a large capstone of peculiar shape, broken and now repaired with iron rods and molten lead, are obviously seaworn and must have been brought up the hill from sea level […]1977, Société jersiaise, Annual Bulletin (volume 22, part 1, page 43)

Forms of seaworn

comparativemore seaworn
superlativemost seaworn

Origin of seaworn

From sea + worn. According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Questions about seaworn

What does seaworn mean?
Seaworn means smoothed or worn away gradually by the action of the sea.
What part of speech is seaworn?
Seaworn is an adjective.

Words near seaworn in the dictionary

  1. seawolves
  2. seawoman
  3. seawomen
  4. seaworm
  5. seaworms
  6. seaworn
  7. seaworthier
  8. seaworthiest
  9. seaworthily
  10. seaworthiness
  11. seaworthy

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