单词 | ankled |
释义 | ankledadj. With prefixed adjective or adverb: having an ankle or ankles of the kind specified.For more established compounds of this kind, as fair-ankled, slender-ankled, slim-ankled, thick-ankled, etc., see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > ankle > [adjective] ankled1572 tarsal1817 thick-ankled1897 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) sig. Lv Croke toed or anckled, or hauing croked toes or anckles. a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iiiiii4/1 Well anckled, two good confident calves. 1763 Monthly Rev. Jan. 19 Hail matron; pretty-ancled queen of Britain! 1848 Bentley's Misc. 23 146 Here and there..a cow is feeding beside the grain, tethered to a stake, or guarded by some bare-ankled Daphne. 1910 Pediatrics Dec. 786 The stiff-ankled shoe..is a clog and hindrance to successful treatment. 1998 T. C. Boyle Riven Rock 198 The fat-ankled woman from the Goux Winery waddled past them with three kids in tow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.1572 |
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