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单词 reel-footed
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reel-footedadj.

Brit. /riːlˈfʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈrilˌfʊdəd/, Scottish English /rilˈfutᵻd/, Irish English /ˈriːlfʊtəd/
Forms: 1700s– reel-footed; also Scottish 1800s reel-fitted, 1800s reel-fittit.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reel n.1, reel v.1, footed adj.
Etymology: Probably < either reel n.1 or reel v.1 + footed adj. Compare later reel foot n., and discussion at that entry.
Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern) in later use.
Having twisted or deformed feet, or such a foot; spec. club-footed.In quot. 1857 as a term of abuse. Sc. National Dict. (at Reel v.1) records the word as still in use in Shetland, north-eastern Scotland, and central and south-western Scotland in 1968.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of fingers, toes, or foot
clubbeda1509
clumped1709
reel-footed1792
polydactyl1827
polydactylous1858
1792 S. Burdy Life P. Skelton 122 He was reel-footed, as they call it; which signifies, that his feet were bent under him.
1841 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (ed. 2) II Reel-fittit, having the feet so much turned inwards, that when a person walks, he crosses his legs, and makes a curve with his feet.
1857 Kansas Constitutionalist Aug. (editorial) in D. Dary Red Blood & Black Ink (1998) 24 We would gently hint to the cross-eyed,..filthy-mouthed, box-ankled, pigeon-toed, reel-footed,..ignoble, Black Republican, abolition editor, to attend to his own affairs.
1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid i. xxiii. 155 James being reel-fitted.
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 July 209 A child..is ‘reel-footed’ if there is a club-foot.
1910 C. C. Russell People & Lang. 46 Have you ever heard of a man being ‘reel-footed’? It means that he has twisted feet or a foot calculated to make him stagger.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 274/1 Reel-footed, club-footed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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