kenspeckle
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of kenspeckle
1705–15; derivative ( see -le) of kenspeck (< Scandinavian; compare Norwegian kjennespak quick at recognizing, literally, know-clever); see ken
Example Sentences
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Photograph: DC Thompson/Dandy/PA When the last great struggle for 's soul is at an end, Alex Salmond may yet have cause to thank the nation's kenspeckle comic publishers, DC Thomson.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2012
"We'll be terrible kenspeckle to the gentry we ken of."
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
The immediate front of a battle is a bit too public for anyone to lie hidden in by day, especially when two or three feet of snow make everything kenspeckle.
From Greenmantle by Buchan, John
They are a panorama which remains kenspeckle upon the mental retina.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
When we reached Blackford Hall I found more than a kenspeckle countryside to remind me of homeland.
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
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