单词 | tangle-backed |
释义 | > as lemmastangle-backed Long and limp; tall and loose-jointed. Also in combination, as tangle-backed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and thin maypolea1635 gangrel1650 gangling1764 tanglec1817 lanky1818 langrel1847 weedy1849 spindled1855 tangly1855 rangy1857 lanikin1862 gangly1871 orming1903 spiderish1935 leptosomic1936 leptosomatic1937 c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches I. 291 She was perfectly weak and tangle, her limbs being scarcely able to bear her weight. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Tangle, tall and feeble, not well-knit..as, ‘a lang tangle lad’. 1896 ‘L. Keith’ Indian Uncle x. 172 Yin o' the tangle-backit kind. < as lemmas |
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