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hoofy, a.|ˈhuːfɪ|
[f. hoof n. + -y.]
Having or characterized by a hoof or hoofs.
a1674Herrick Hesper., Farew. Poetry 84 And softely on With numerous feete to Hoofy Helicon. 1880G. Meredith Trag. Com. iii. (1881) 30 In the semblance of the hairy, hoofy, snouty evil one.
Hence ˈhoofiness. [After handiness.]
1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iii. v, Its handiness mere hoof⁓iness. 1857Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art i. 27 The horse, with its inferior brains and its awkward hoofiness, instead of handiness. |