单词 | bumble-footed |
释义 | bumble-footedadj. 1. Originally: having a club foot or other deformity of the foot causing it to be unable to bend properly. Hence in later use: awkward, clumsy; bumbling. 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 1823 Statesman 4 Apr. A certain sooty, bumble-footed personage, was the hindmost. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. xv. 162 He being drunk, and bumble-footed too, lost his balance, and down they come together. 1895 Idler July 80 Chuffles (a bumble-footed, lame old boy that makes a face every time he puts his left foot down). 1904 A. H. Davis Sandy's Select. xxii. 218 Dick cursed McMaster with all his might; called him a bumble-footed Jew. 1944 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 20 Mar. 6/1 Much of Washington's bumble-footed blundering in connection with oil is due to misconceptions of the oil business. 1975 J. C. Paupst & T. Robinson Sleep Bk. xiii. 118 You feel butter-fingered, bumble-footed, and just plain accident-prone. 2009 A. Finger Call me Ahab 142 He had an odd, bumble-footed gait that gave him the appearance of forever being about to trip over his toes and fall forward. 2. Veterinary Medicine. Of domestic animals, esp. poultry: affected with bumble foot (bumble foot n. 2). Now rare. ΚΠ 1851 J. Baily Dorking Fowl v. 33 Large fowls..become lame, and what we term bumble-footed, more especially when carefully kept in poultry-houses. 1871 Ipswich Jrnl. 14 Feb. 1/4 In their descent they alight on the ground with great force, and this is the cause of so many cocks being bumble-footed and gouty. 1891 Fanciers Jrnl. 21 Feb. 123/1 A very large-bodied bird, good color, but bumble-footed and in bad form. 1953 Georgia Rev. 7 288 He was out wearing his legs to stumps totin' eggs and dressed fryers and old bumble-footed roosters for salad. 1986 Poultry Guide 23 xi. 143/2 Culling of a problematic bumble-footed bird is the recommended option. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1823 |
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