[marked] adj (bef. 12c) 1: having an identifying mark "a ~ card"
2: having a distinctive or emphasized character: noticeable "has a ~ drawl" 3 a: enjoying fame or notoriety b: being an object of attack, suspicion, or vengeance "a ~ man"
4: overtly signaled by a linguistic feature "with most English nouns the plural is the ~ number" -- mark.ed.ly adv -- mark.ed.ness n