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† reˈpandous, a. Obs. [f. as repand a. + -ous.] Bent upward or outward.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. ii. 235 Though they be drawne repandous, or convexedly crooked in one piece, yet the Dolphin that carrieth Arion is concavously inverted. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 1 He was exceeding feeble in his lower parts, his legs growing not erect, but repandous and embowed. a1682Sir T. Browne Misc. Tracts (1684) 20 Round at the bottom, and somewhat repandous, or inverted at the top. Hence † reˈpandousness, ‘bentness or bowingness backwards’ (Bailey vol. II, 1727). Obs.—0 |