hundred-handed
hundred-handed adjective: having 100 hands. Also the alternative form of Hundred-handed.
Adjective (1)
hundred-handed (not comparable)
- Having 100 hands.
- Of course, it's impossible to follow up on every single big of misbehaviour and less-than-perfect conduct that you will come – you're not some hundred-handed Eastern deity – but you must be seen to be doing what you can.2010, Tom Bennett, The Behaviour Guru: Behaviour Management Solutions for Teachers, →ISBN, page 90
Adjective (2) capitalized: Hundred-Handed
Hundred-Handed (not comparable)
- Alternative form of Hundred-handed.
- You guys go free the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handed ones," said Zeus.2015, Sen Sen L. Lin Quan, Tales of Ancient Greece: A Guide to Greek Mythology, page 32
Adjective (3) capitalized: Hundred-handed
Hundred-handed (not comparable)
- Of the Hekatonkheires, three giants of Greek mythology who helped Zeus overthrow the Titans.
- Uranos imprisoned the Titans in the earth, and threw the Cyclops and Hundred-handed Giants into Tartarus, but was at length overthrown and disabled by his son Cronos the Titan, who thereupon released his brother Titans and established the second dynasty of gods called the Cronids.1855, James Talboys Wheeler, The Life and Travels of Herodotus - Volume 2, page 99
Also used as
hundred-handed is also the alternative form of Hundred-handed.
Forms of hundred-handed
| alternative form | Hundred-Handed |
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| alternative form | Hundredhanded |
| alternative form | hundred-handed |
Questions about hundred-handed
- What does hundred-handed mean?
- Hundred-handed means having 100 hands.
- What part of speech is hundred-handed?
- Hundred-handed is an adjective.
Words near hundred-handed in the dictionary
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