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whelked

whelked adjective: having whelks; whelky.

Adjective

whelked (not comparable)

  1. Having whelks; whelky.
    • He had a thousand noses, / Horns whelked and waved like the enragèd sea. / It was some fiend.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Origin of whelked

From whelk + -ed.

Questions about whelked

What does whelked mean?
Whelked means having whelks; whelky.
What part of speech is whelked?
Whelked is an adjective.

Words near whelked in the dictionary

  1. Whelehans
  2. Whelham
  3. whelk
  4. whelk stall
  5. whelk stalls
  6. whelked
  7. whelker
  8. whelkers
  9. whelklike
  10. whelks
  11. whelky

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