kenspeckle

or ken·speck·led

[ ken-spek-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Scot. and North England.

kenspeckle

/ ˈkɛnˌspɛkəl /

1705–15; derivative ( -le ) of kenspeck (< Scandinavian; compare Norwegian kjennespak quick at recognizing, literally, know-clever); ken

C18: from dialect kenspeck, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse kennispecki power of recognition; related to ken

You may consider yourself 'geyan fine,' all covered over with Scotch plaid, but I wouldn't be so 'kenspeckle' for worlds!

There was little kenspeckle about them saving their colour, which was a dull dark red.

Now he felt kenspeckle, not in any suit of material clothes but in a droll sense of nakedness.

When we reached Blackford Hall I found more than a kenspeckle countryside to remind me of homeland.

A vagrant with white mice is a kenspeckle, and surely you can have no difficulty in tracing her.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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