Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Scorched by the sun's rays.
- Discolored by the heat or rays of the sun; tanned; darkened in hue: as, a sunburnt skin.
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- adjective Having a
sunburn ; having been burned by the sun'srays
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- adjective suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight
Etymologies
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Examples
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As this remark, a sort of half interrogatory, was made, Pathfinder looked behind him; and, though the most partial friend could scarcely term his sunburnt and hard features handsome, even Mabel thought his smile attractive, by its simple ingenuousness and the uprightness that beamed in every lineament of his honest countenance.
Pathfinder; or, the inland sea James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Santiago, which was really good ... got to see lots of cool places and also got sunburnt, which is always a good start to a trip!
TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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I even got mildly sunburnt which is very nice since I'm not white as paper no longer.
thewhat Diary Entry thewhat 2004
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The great and humorous gods have arranged for this also; and have seen to it that no brave, generous, amorous "sunburnt" emotion shall ever be hurt by such associations!
Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions John Cowper Powys 1917
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The ruling tribes are called Hamites -- the "sunburnt" family according to Dr. Winchell; of Negritic origin, says Canon Rawlinson.
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The Cushites and Ethiopians, early branches of the Atlantean stock, took their name from their "sunburnt" complexion; they were red men.
Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866
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"Keep eyes peeled for a sunburnt dust-up in the crowd."
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Have a great holiday, careful with the sun, being sunburnt and pregnant, not so nice, I know I was there with my 2nd pregnancy, burnt skin, big tummy, … …. uncomfortable, hot … ..
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'I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, of rugged mountain ranges, of drought and flooding rains ...'
Clone Wars 4 update karenmiller 2009
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I tried to push past Tessa to see the snake, but she spread her own sunburnt arms wide.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
GHibbs commented on the word sunburnt
It is an alternative to 'sunburned' and as such is also a simple past tense of sunburn.
August 21, 2011