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Definition of Kenspeckle
1. a. Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.
Definition of Kenspeckle
1. Adjective. (context: Scotland northern British) Easily recognized, distinctive, conspicuous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kenspeckle
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kenspeckle
Literary usage of Kenspeckle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"kenspeckle, adj. conspicuous from some oddity of person or attire; easy to recognize.
... He's a kenspeckle mak of a face, as far as I can judge. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"In E. kenspeckle the sense is inverted, so as to indicate a quality of the object
instead of the observer, the latter part of the word being modified as if ..."
3. Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays by John Bell (1797)
"What I 'tis some Highland monster which you brought over with you, I suppose: I
see no such, not I. kenspeckle, quotha 1 Gib. Huly, huly, mon ; the deel ..."
4. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"Forness Folk, pn kenspeckle, adj. conspicuous from some oddity of person or
attire ; easy to ... He's a kenspeckle mak of a face, as far as I can judge. ..."
5. The School for Fathers; Or, Lionel & Clarissa: A Comic Opera by Isaac Bickerstaff (1791)
"What I 'tis some High! which you brought over with you, I sup no such, not I,
kenspeckle, quotha I Gib. Huly, huly, mon ; the deel pike c and then ye'll see ..."
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