| 单词 | twelve-footed |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwelve-footed 4. As the second element in parasynthetic compounds: having a height, length, etc., of the specified number of feet, as six-footed, twelve-footed, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > two, etc., feet long or wide bipedalc1420 footed1568 septipedal1606 twelve-footed1611 septempedal1656 two-foot1664 six-foot1681 fourteen-foot1890 two-foot-wide1891 1568 W. Fulwood Enimie Idlenesse i. f. 76 And if euer you sawe man of warre play better with a two footed swoord, then say boldly that I am a lyar. 1616 R. Sheldon Suruey Miracles Church of Rome 303 The twelue-footed man, as he is measured by Petrus de Natalibus! 1635 W. Wood New Englands Prospect (ed. 2) i. vi. 21 This Woolfe, whose mouth watering at a few poore impaled Kiddes, would needes leape over a five-footed [1634 five-foote] pale to be at them. 1708 Brit. Apollo 10–15 Dec. A Fifteen-Footed Dish Exactly Nicks the Tail o'th' Fish. 1761 T. Arnold Bailey's Compl. Eng. Dict. (German ed.) II. 398/1 Siebenschuhiger Kerl, (ein) a seven-footed Lath-Back, a slim long Fellow. 2013 B. Evaristo Mr Loverman vi. 107 Then she elevates herself in all of her sloshed, six-footed, be-heeled glory, staggers over to Morris and grabs his shoulders. twelve-footed twelve-footed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > two, etc., feet long or wide bipedalc1420 footed1568 septipedal1606 twelve-footed1611 septempedal1656 two-foot1664 six-foot1681 fourteen-foot1890 two-foot-wide1891 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Charrée,.. a little twelue-footed water-worme, much hunted after by Trowtes. < as lemmas |
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