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underlimbed

underlimbed adjective: having underdeveloped limbs.

Adjective

underlimbed (comparative more underlimbed, superlative most underlimbed)

  1. Having underdeveloped limbs.
    • His neck was long, his shoulders broad, and his waist narrow, and though, he was, perhaps, somewhat underlimbed, nothing could surpass the beauty of his feet and ankles.1863, Rees Howell Gronow, Recollections and anecdotes: a second series of reminiscences, page 146

Forms of underlimbed

comparativemore underlimbed
superlativemost underlimbed

Origin of underlimbed

From under- + limbed.

Questions about underlimbed

What does underlimbed mean?
Underlimbed means having underdeveloped limbs.
What part of speech is underlimbed?
Underlimbed is an adjective.

Words near underlimbed in the dictionary

  1. underlieutenants
  2. underlife
  3. underlight
  4. underlighting
  5. underlights
  6. underlimbed
  7. underlimit
  8. underlimits
  9. underlinable
  10. underline
  11. underlineation

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