flat-footedadj.

Brit.

/ˌflatˈfʊtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈflætˌfʊdəd/,

/ˌflætˈfʊdəd/

a. Having flat feet, i.e. feet with little or no hollow in the sole and a low instep. Of a horse: Having flat hoofs, with the soles near the ground.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of foot

hurleda1500

splay-footed1545

polt-foot?1589

polt-footed1589

club-footed1591

stump-foot1593

flat-footed1601

stump-footed1602

feetless1614

splay-foot1622

splatter-footeda1644

shauchled1737

hurl-footed1752

parrot-toed1764

splaw1767

pigeon-toed1786

bumble-footed1823

in-toed1835

chicken-toed1859

infooted1899

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 351 There haue been now of late, Serpents knowne flat-footed like Geese.

1675 London Gaz. No. 979/4 Stolen a Gelding..flat-footed before.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 185/2 [A Grey-Hound] Long, and Flat-footed.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 70 Pelicans are large flat-footed Fowls, almost as big as Geese.

1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Leiopodes, old term..applied by Galen..to those who were flat-footed.

b. transferred. Of a rail = flat-bottomed adj.

ΚΠ

1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 42 The ‘fish-bellied’ rails were found troublesome to roll, and this led to the introduction of the flat-bottomed or ‘flat-footed’ section of rail.

a. colloquial (originally U.S.) Downright, plain and positive; also, dead, insipid, maladroit. to come out flat-footed (for): to make a bold or positive statement of one's opinion, or the like.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward

stubblea1300

lubber?1515

awkward1530

unwieldy1530

lubberlike1572

unwieldsome1579

lubberly1580

looby1582

wieldy1588

clumsy1597

ungainly1611

unqueme1611

untowardly1611

clouter-likea1624

hip-shot1642

loobish1648

loobily1655

bumble-arsed1661

clouterly1675

lubbard1679

fumbling1681

sinistrousa1682

maladroit1685

shammockinga1704

ungain1710

splay-footed1716

gawky1759

hobbledehoyish1812

uncouthly1821

nunting1836

shammocky1841

numb1854

awkwardish1860

slummocky?1861

numb-footed1867

gawkish1876

flat-footed1899

brontosaurian1909

shamblya1937

slew-foot1945

ham-footed1960

klutzy1961

dorkus1979

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid

colourlessc1425

unsavouryc1449

wearish?1533

wersha1599

tasteless1603

tame1604

juiceless1620

water gruela1627

dry1632

soulless1632

frigid1643

vapid1656

insipida1684

fade1715

heartless1780

vapid1785

achromatic1799

sauceless1817

albuminous1858

antiseptic1891

flat-footed1899

unatmospheric1913

defanged1920

anodyne1933

spiceless1942

tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

1828 A. Royall Black Bk. II. 114 He was one of your right down flat-footed ox-drivers.

1834 Knickerbocker 3 35 I haint got no shoes, tis true, but I stand flat~footed and damn the man who can move me one inch.

1846 N.Y. Herald 30 June Mr. Pickens..has come out flat-footed for the administration.

1858 Harper's Mag. Sept. 563 His..bold, flat-footed way of saying things.

1863 Gray Lett. II. 504 Complaining of Lyell that he does not come out ‘flat-footed’ as we say, as an advocate of natural-selection transmutation.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 6 Nov. 2/3 A flat-footed, commonplace scribbler of heroic verse.

1902 Daily Chron. 14 Jan. 3/2 His ‘enigmatic smile’ and his flat-footed compliments.

1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 4/2 Histories of literature..in which the erudite..mind traverses with flat-footed thoroughness the country it has mapped out for itself.

1931 W. G. McAdoo Crowded Years 367 Germany came out flat-footed with the belligerent warning..that she would engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.

1957 R. Campbell Coll. Poems II. 111 Weird blue-stockings with damp, flatfooted minds.

1962 Daily Mail 19 Jan. 3/8 It is time Associated-Rediffusion presented something less flat-footed and insipid.

b. U.S. Unready, not ‘on one's toes’.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective]

ungraitha1350

undisposedc1380

unreadya1400

dispurveyed14..

unpurveyedc1410

unrayedc1425

unwarnishedc1425

unprovided?a1439

unprepared1528

unprovided for1542

improvided1548

unfurnished1549

unpreparate1575

ungirt1579

disappointed1604

imprompt1760

unaneled1760

unapt1849

flat-footed1912

1912 in Amer. Speech (1951) 26 31/1 (Baseball terminology) Flat-footed, unprepared, caught napping.

1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Flat-footed (slang). Racing. Standing still; unprepared: said of a horse when the jockey is not on the qui vive and expecting a start.

1940 Topeka Jrnl. 14 Nov. 1/4 (AP) The Italians were caught flat-footed..and from that moment the story was one of deadly Greek bayonet charges.

1955 H. Roth Sleeper ix. 68 A group of people who lie so shamelessly that they are constantly being caught flat-footed.

1963 J. Joesten They call it Intelligence i. v. 51 The C.I.A...was caught flatfooted by the military coup in Baghdad.

Derivatives

ˌflat-ˈfootedly adv.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adverb] > of foot

splay-foota1627

splay1742

flat-footedly1886

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly

unhagherlyc1175

unslyly?a1400

roughc1400

unslya1425

rudelyc1425

unhandsomely1545

grosslyc1550

untowardly?1550

botcherly?1566

bungerly1574

lubberlike1575

lumpishly1583

clouterly1593

lubberly1594

foggily1599

awkly1603

unwieldilyc1610

cumbersomely1611

uneasily1611

sinisterly1628

left-handedly1648

ungainlya1661

awkwardly1663

clumsily1691

uncleverly1697

wrong1727

unwieldly1793

gawkily1811

maladroitly1827

undexterously1848

flat-footedly1886

ham-fistedly1964

ham-handedly1964

1886 J. A. Logan Great Conspiracy 660 The old Rebel leaders..came out flat-footedly again with the ‘demand that all Custom-house taxation shall be only for revenue’.

1890 Daily News 13 Sept. 3/1 The human foot is libelled by these dreadful coverings, in which many a good player flat-footedly dashes about.

1949 N. R. Nash Young & Fair ii. i. 50 I couldn't come out flatfootedly against the Vidge?

1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 40/4 A flat-footedly dramatic definition of time and place.

ˌflat-ˈfootedness n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of foot

club-foota1552

baker feet1656

valgus1800

varus1800

inversion1825

talipes1842

pommel foot1857

inturn1860

talus1864

flat-foot1870

spurious valgus1872

flat-footedness1882

Friedreich('s) foot1940

1882 Standard 19 Sept. 5/1 Flat-footedness is due to..improperly-made shoes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	flat-footed
释义	flat-footedadj. Brit. /ˌflatˈfʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈflætˌfʊdəd/, /ˌflætˈfʊdəd/ 1. a. Having flat feet, i.e. feet with little or no hollow in the sole and a low instep. Of a horse: Having flat hoofs, with the soles near the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of foot hurleda1500 splay-footed1545 polt-foot?1589 polt-footed1589 club-footed1591 stump-foot1593 flat-footed1601 stump-footed1602 feetless1614 splay-foot1622 splatter-footeda1644 shauchled1737 hurl-footed1752 parrot-toed1764 splaw1767 pigeon-toed1786 bumble-footed1823 in-toed1835 chicken-toed1859 infooted1899 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 351 There haue been now of late, Serpents knowne flat-footed like Geese. 1675 London Gaz. No. 979/4 Stolen a Gelding..flat-footed before. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 185/2 [A Grey-Hound] Long, and Flat-footed. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 70 Pelicans are large flat-footed Fowls, almost as big as Geese. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Leiopodes, old term..applied by Galen..to those who were flat-footed. b. transferred. Of a rail = flat-bottomed adj. ΚΠ 1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 42 The ‘fish-bellied’ rails were found troublesome to roll, and this led to the introduction of the flat-bottomed or ‘flat-footed’ section of rail. 2. a. colloquial (originally U.S.) Downright, plain and positive; also, dead, insipid, maladroit. to come out flat-footed (for): to make a bold or positive statement of one's opinion, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward stubblea1300 lubber?1515 awkward1530 unwieldy1530 lubberlike1572 unwieldsome1579 lubberly1580 looby1582 wieldy1588 clumsy1597 ungainly1611 unqueme1611 untowardly1611 clouter-likea1624 hip-shot1642 loobish1648 loobily1655 bumble-arsed1661 clouterly1675 lubbard1679 fumbling1681 sinistrousa1682 maladroit1685 shammockinga1704 ungain1710 splay-footed1716 gawky1759 hobbledehoyish1812 uncouthly1821 nunting1836 shammocky1841 numb1854 awkwardish1860 slummocky?1861 numb-footed1867 gawkish1876 flat-footed1899 brontosaurian1909 shamblya1937 slew-foot1945 ham-footed1960 klutzy1961 dorkus1979 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 1828 A. Royall Black Bk. II. 114 He was one of your right down flat-footed ox-drivers. 1834 Knickerbocker 3 35 I haint got no shoes, tis true, but I stand flat~footed and damn the man who can move me one inch. 1846 N.Y. Herald 30 June Mr. Pickens..has come out flat-footed for the administration. 1858 Harper's Mag. Sept. 563 His..bold, flat-footed way of saying things. 1863 Gray Lett. II. 504 Complaining of Lyell that he does not come out ‘flat-footed’ as we say, as an advocate of natural-selection transmutation. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 6 Nov. 2/3 A flat-footed, commonplace scribbler of heroic verse. 1902 Daily Chron. 14 Jan. 3/2 His ‘enigmatic smile’ and his flat-footed compliments. 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 4/2 Histories of literature..in which the erudite..mind traverses with flat-footed thoroughness the country it has mapped out for itself. 1931 W. G. McAdoo Crowded Years 367 Germany came out flat-footed with the belligerent warning..that she would engage in unrestricted submarine warfare. 1957 R. Campbell Coll. Poems II. 111 Weird blue-stockings with damp, flatfooted minds. 1962 Daily Mail 19 Jan. 3/8 It is time Associated-Rediffusion presented something less flat-footed and insipid. b. U.S. Unready, not ‘on one's toes’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] ungraitha1350 undisposedc1380 unreadya1400 dispurveyed14.. unpurveyedc1410 unrayedc1425 unwarnishedc1425 unprovided?a1439 unprepared1528 unprovided for1542 improvided1548 unfurnished1549 unpreparate1575 ungirt1579 disappointed1604 imprompt1760 unaneled1760 unapt1849 flat-footed1912 1912 in Amer. Speech (1951) 26 31/1 (Baseball terminology) Flat-footed, unprepared, caught napping. 1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Flat-footed (slang). Racing. Standing still; unprepared: said of a horse when the jockey is not on the qui vive and expecting a start. 1940 Topeka Jrnl. 14 Nov. 1/4 (AP) The Italians were caught flat-footed..and from that moment the story was one of deadly Greek bayonet charges. 1955 H. Roth Sleeper ix. 68 A group of people who lie so shamelessly that they are constantly being caught flat-footed. 1963 J. Joesten They call it Intelligence i. v. 51 The C.I.A...was caught flatfooted by the military coup in Baghdad. Derivatives ˌflat-ˈfootedly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adverb] > of foot splay-foota1627 splay1742 flat-footedly1886 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly unhagherlyc1175 unslyly?a1400 roughc1400 unslya1425 rudelyc1425 unhandsomely1545 grosslyc1550 untowardly?1550 botcherly?1566 bungerly1574 lubberlike1575 lumpishly1583 clouterly1593 lubberly1594 foggily1599 awkly1603 unwieldilyc1610 cumbersomely1611 uneasily1611 sinisterly1628 left-handedly1648 ungainlya1661 awkwardly1663 clumsily1691 uncleverly1697 wrong1727 unwieldly1793 gawkily1811 maladroitly1827 undexterously1848 flat-footedly1886 ham-fistedly1964 ham-handedly1964 1886 J. A. Logan Great Conspiracy 660 The old Rebel leaders..came out flat-footedly again with the ‘demand that all Custom-house taxation shall be only for revenue’. 1890 Daily News 13 Sept. 3/1 The human foot is libelled by these dreadful coverings, in which many a good player flat-footedly dashes about. 1949 N. R. Nash Young & Fair ii. i. 50 I couldn't come out flatfootedly against the Vidge? 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 40/4 A flat-footedly dramatic definition of time and place. ˌflat-ˈfootedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of foot club-foota1552 baker feet1656 valgus1800 varus1800 inversion1825 talipes1842 pommel foot1857 inturn1860 talus1864 flat-foot1870 spurious valgus1872 flat-footedness1882 Friedreich('s) foot1940 1882 Standard 19 Sept. 5/1 Flat-footedness is due to..improperly-made shoes. 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