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Definition of Stuntedness
1. Noun. Smallness of stature.
Generic synonyms: Littleness, Smallness
Derivative terms: Puny, Runty, Runty, Stunted
Definition of Stuntedness
1. Noun. The quality of being stunted or dwarfed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stuntedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stuntedness
Literary usage of Stuntedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Self-formation; Or, The History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1846)
"... canker, and stuntedness ? How shall the potter fashion forth a vessel of honor
from the clay, if it be hardened ere it come to hand ? ..."
2. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1907)
"The stuntedness of the archaic type is overpassed. The height is adequate to the
breadth because greater length is given to the thigh, which is almost equal ..."
3. A History of Philosophy by Johann Eduard Erdmann, Williston Samuel Hough (1892)
"Theology came into such a condition of stuntedness by the deification of the
Bible, which cannot sustain even a superficial comparison with the religious ..."
4. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"... may be a proof that the stuntedness of those on the plains is owing to being,
in the course of each year, more subjected to drought than moisture. ..."
5. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"... may be a proof that the stuntedness of those on the plains is owing to being,
in the course of each year, more subjected to drought than moisture. ..."
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