weatherbeaten
ərˌbit adjective
1.
bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
2.
tanned, hardened, or otherwise affected by exposure to weather: a weather-beaten face.
Origin:
1520–30
1520–30
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| weather-beaten | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | showing signs of exposure to the weather |
| 2. | tanned or hardened by exposure to the weather |
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Weatherbeaten
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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