sunburned

Adjective

sunburnt (comparative more sunburnt, superlative most sunburnt)

1. Having a sunburn or dark tan; having been burned by the sun's rays.
   • You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary, / Come hither from the furrow and be merry:1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
2. Dried out by the sun's rays.
   • The barren Heath, and the Sun-burnt craggy Soil appear with all those Softenings to the Eye, which Distance throws upon a Landscape;1753, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 53, 20 October, 1753, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, Volume 2, p. 191
3. Subject to the strong heat and/or light of the sun.
   • So my dear Charles, you are at length […] arrived in our little sun-burnt island?1790, Samuel Jackson Pratt, The New Cosmetic: or The Triumph of Beauty, London, act I, page 3
4. Resembling a sunburn in color.
   • The van was painted a sunburnt brown.

Verb

sunburn (third-person singular simple present sunburns, present participle sunburning, simple past and past participle sunburned or (chiefly Commonwealth) sunburnt)

1. (intransitive) To receive a sunburn.
   • I have brought
     Your grace a Salamanders skin, to keep you
     From sun-burning.c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, London: D.N. and T.C., 1678, Act V, Scene 2, p. 64
2. (transitive) To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.
   • My Aunt charg’d me not to pull off my Glove for fear of Sun-burning my hand.1668, John Dryden, Sir Martin Mar-all, London: H. Herringman, act II, page 11

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