double-jointedadjective
uk/ˌdʌb.əlˈdʒɔɪn.tɪd/us/ˌdʌb.əlˈdʒɔɪn.t̬ɪd/able to move your joints in an unusual way so that, for example, you can bend your fingers or legs backwards as well as forwards
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Physical irregularities
- ampulla
- cauliflower ear
- cleft lip
- cleft palate
- contort
- defect
- deformity
- dwarf
- flat feet
- harelip
- hump
- knock-kneed
- malformation
- midget
- pectus carinatum
- pectus excavatum
- pigeon-toed
- round-shouldered
- scoliosis
- withered
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Examples from literature
- He was what they called a double-jointed man.
- His shoulders were vast, and his lower limbs thick-set, double-jointed, and slightly curved outward, in that formation which takes so much from beauty to give so largely to strength.
- Like the submarine crew, they come to be a breed apart—double-jointed,extra-toed, with brazen bowels and no sort of nerves.
- That's what we'll do! said the double-jointed chap.
- The knave is shrewd and playful, but of an incredible strength, being, as ye may observe, double-jointed.