splay-footedadj.

Forms: Also 1500s splaie-. β. 1500s–1600s spla-, 1600s splea-.

Etymology: formed as splay foot n.

1. Having splay feet.

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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

α.

1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Planci, they whiche be splay footed.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 403 He was splay footed, and also poare blind.

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night To Rdr. Martin Momus, and splaie footed Zoylus,..are now reuiu'd againe.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 186 The long footed, are fraudulent; and short footed, sudden; and splay footed, silly.

1695 London Gaz. No. 3057/4 A splay footed and down look'd man.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. i. 72 A gigantic Swede, and who, had he not been..splay-footed, might have served for the model of a Sampson.

1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 233 This long-limbed and somewhat splay-footed genius.

β. 1593 Passionate Morrice in Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 82 Other [suitors], which were well legde, shaled with their feete, or were splafooted.1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iv. sig. H2 Sure I met no splea-footed baker, No hare did crosse me.1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clxxxv. 788 All Clowns, crump-shouldered or splea-footed.1688 London Gaz. No. 2392/4 A bandy-leged splafooted..Man.

2. figurative. Clumsy, awkward; sprawling.

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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

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 139 The rest moulded upon Lucretius's Splay-footed numbers.

1756 P. Francis tr. Horace Epist. (ed. 7) ii. i. 183 Nor wish [I] to stand expos'd to public Shame,..Nor in splay-footed Rhimes to shew my Face.

1766 W. Falconer Demagogue 23 Splay-footed words, that hector, bounce, and swagger.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	splay-footed
释义	splay-footedadj. Forms: Also 1500s splaie-. β. 1500s–1600s spla-, 1600s splea-. Etymology: formed as splay foot n. 1. Having splay feet. 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 α. 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Planci, they whiche be splay footed. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 403 He was splay footed, and also poare blind. 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night To Rdr. Martin Momus, and splaie footed Zoylus,..are now reuiu'd againe. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 186 The long footed, are fraudulent; and short footed, sudden; and splay footed, silly. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3057/4 A splay footed and down look'd man. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. i. 72 A gigantic Swede, and who, had he not been..splay-footed, might have served for the model of a Sampson. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 233 This long-limbed and somewhat splay-footed genius. β. 1593 Passionate Morrice in Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 82 Other [suitors], which were well legde, shaled with their feete, or were splafooted.1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iv. sig. H2 Sure I met no splea-footed baker, No hare did crosse me.1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clxxxv. 788 All Clowns, crump-shouldered or splea-footed.1688 London Gaz. No. 2392/4 A bandy-leged splafooted..Man. 2. figurative. Clumsy, awkward; sprawling. 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 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 139 The rest moulded upon Lucretius's Splay-footed numbers. 1756 P. Francis tr. Horace Epist. (ed. 7) ii. i. 183 Nor wish [I] to stand expos'd to public Shame,..Nor in splay-footed Rhimes to shew my Face. 1766 W. Falconer Demagogue 23 Splay-footed words, that hector, bounce, and swagger. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1545
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