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Definition of Double-jointed
1. Adjective. Having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers.
Definition of Double-jointed
1. Adjective. Possessing hypermobility of the joints ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-jointed
Literary usage of Double-jointed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1864)
"ON A double-jointed UTERINE PESSARY. 'By the Hon. ... The double-jointed pessary
is composed of three pieces, the •uterine, the vaginal, and the pubic ..."
2. The Bridle Bits: A Treatise on Practical Horsemanship by Jenyns C. Battersby (1886)
"The double-jointed snaffle bit for hard pullers would be a safe bit to use, ...
double-jointed SNAFFLE. promote a disposition to run away with it—for, ..."
3. Geometrical and Graphical Essays: Containing a General Description of the by George Adams (1813)
"s. d, Ditto, single-jointed, with ditto case 10 10 • O BEST double-jointed standard
gold spectacles, with pebbles, and fish-skin gold-mounted case 16 16 O ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1864)
"The double-jointed pessary is so easily applied, and so safely worn, that I can
see no special advantage in the use of the simple unsupported pessary in ..."
5. An Analysis of the Principles of Natural Philosophy by Matthew Young (1811)
"sd BEST double-jointed standard gold spectacles, ... O 1O 6 Ditto, double-jointed
frames O 16 O .Ditto, with green glasses for very weak and inflamed eye*, ..."
6. Trench Tales by Clarence Lumpkin Jordan (1919)
"THE double-jointed DANE History tells in happy lore Of a one time gallant shore
... DOUBLEJOINTED ..."
7. Mathematical Drawing and Measuring Instruments by William Ford Stanley (1900)
"It must, nevertheless, be borne in mind that double-jointed instruments produce the
... double-jointed Bows exactly resemble, in principle, double-jointed ..."
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