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splayfoot

[ spley-foot ]

noun

plural splayfeet.
  1. a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
  2. Pathology. this condition as a deformity in which the arch is very low or absent and weight is borne on the entire sole; flatfoot.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having splayfoot.
  2. clumsy or awkward.

splayfoot

/ ˈ²õ±è±ô±ðɪˌ´ÚÊŠ³Ù /

noun

  1. pathol another word for flatfoot
  2. a foot of which the toes are spread out, as in certain breeds of dog used in hunting waterfowl
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ±è±ô²¹²âËŒ´Ú´Ç´Ç³Ù±ð»å±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²õ±è±ô²¹²âËŒ´Ú´Ç´Ç³Ù±ð»å, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of splayfoot1

First recorded in 1540–50; splay + foot
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Example Sentences

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That you like him, and he's very much gone about you; and that you wish the affair brought to a point; and that you're going to appeal to him—Doctor Splayfoot—to use his authority either to affect that, or to stop the ogling.

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Well, I really think, if he makes a habit of it, I ought to speak to Doctor Splayfoot.

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I'll not say who he looked at—I've promised that; but unless I change my present opinion, Dr. Splayfoot shall hear the whole thing to-morrow.

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"Well, I'll stay in Cardyllian to-morrow, and I'll see Doctor Splayfoot."

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If in the dim light of the Malory seat he had seen, once more, the Guido that haunted him, he could with pleasure have sat out three services; with three of the longest of good Mr. Splayfoot's long sermons.

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