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Definition of Splayfoot
1. Noun. A foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out.
2. Adjective. Having feet that turn outward.
Definition of Splayfoot
1. n. A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
2. a. Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.
Definition of Splayfoot
1. Noun. A deformity in which the feet are abnormally flat and turned outwards ¹
2. Noun. Such a foot ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Splayfoot
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Splayfoot
Literary usage of Splayfoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"For mercy's sake, my dear Charry, do think of me 1 If you tell Doctor splayfoot,
he'll be certain to tell it all to Wynne Williams and Doctor Price ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... beat (contextual), cudgel, truncheon (rare), bludgeon; spec, bastinado, paddle.
SORORITY, FRATERNITY. clubfoot, n. 1. Referring to the foot: splayfoot, ..."
3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1912)
"In the same way, "splayfoot" octosyllabic rimes became the medium of English
satire, derived, probably, through the French, from Le Roman de la Rose. ..."
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