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kenspeckle
or ken·speck·led
[ ken-spek-uhl ]
adjective
, Scot. and North England.
- conspicuous; easily seen or recognized.
kenspeckle
/ ˈkɛnˌspɛkəl /
adjective
- easily seen or recognized
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kenspeckle1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kenspeckle1
C18: from dialect kenspeck, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse kennispecki power of recognition; related to ken
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Example Sentences
You may consider yourself 'geyan fine,' all covered over with Scotch plaid, but I wouldn't be so 'kenspeckle' for worlds!
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There was little kenspeckle about them saving their colour, which was a dull dark red.
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Now he felt kenspeckle, not in any suit of material clothes but in a droll sense of nakedness.
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When we reached Blackford Hall I found more than a kenspeckle countryside to remind me of homeland.
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A vagrant with white mice is a kenspeckle, and surely you can have no difficulty in tracing her.
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