sunburn

[suhn-burn]

noun

inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.

verb (used with or without object), sun·burned or sun·burnt, sun·burn·ing.

to affect or be affected with sunburn: An hour in the sun sunburned me severely. I sunburn easily.

Origin of sunburn

First recorded in 1520–30; sun + burn¹

Related formsun·sun·burned, adjectiveun·sun·burnt, adjectivewell-sun·burned, adjectivewell-sun·burnt, adjective

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Examples from the Web for sunburn

Contemporary Examples

Here's one way to avoid a sunburn: wear a Face-Kini next time you're on the beach.
Here's The Face-Kini, Summer's Craziest New Trend
Isabel Wilkinson
August 21, 2012

Historical Examples

Some of their necks and cheeks were peeling, as if from sunburn.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
T. S. Stribling
The touch of sunburn, too, was becoming, for she didn't freckle.
Jan and Her Job
L. Allen Harker
Seth colored, under his coat of sunburn, and seemed embarrassed.
The Woman-Haters
Joseph C. Lincoln
Nor could she be certain that his coloring was due to sunburn.
The Golden Woman
Ridgwell Cullum
His face was thin and the sunburn faded, as though he had been ill.
The Secret Sharer
Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for sunburn

sunburn

noun

inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sunTechnical name: erythema solare
another word for suntan

Derived Formssunburnt or sunburned, adjective

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Word Origin and History for sunburn

v.

1520s, from sun (n.) + burn (v.). Sunburnt (c.1400) is older than sunburned (c.1500, sunne y-brent). As a noun from 1650s.

sunburn in Medicine

sunburn

(sŭn′bûrn′)

Inflammation and erythema of the skin, often with blistering, caused by overexposure to the ultraviolet rays of direct sunlight.

Related formssun′burn′ v.

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Examples from the Web for sunburn

Contemporary Examples

Here's one way to avoid a sunburn: wear a Face-Kini next time you're on the beach.

Historical Examples

Some of their necks and cheeks were peeling, as if from sunburn.

The touch of sunburn, too, was becoming, for she didn't freckle.

Seth colored, under his coat of sunburn, and seemed embarrassed.

Nor could she be certain that his coloring was due to sunburn.

His face was thin and the sunburn faded, as though he had been ill.

sunburn

Word Origin and History for sunburn

v.

sunburn

Origin of sunburn