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unijambist

unijambist noun: a person with only one leg.

Noun

unijambist (plural unijambists)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) A person with only one leg.
    • Each of them, having taken a second helping of vegetables, leaned back to digest. Henri the unijambist was still asleep. The blond tossed some pebbles into the water. Jeanne-Marie came nearer the hearth, unglued the mildewed pages of a magazine, then leafed through the pretty people and practical...1994, Jean Echenoz, Double Jeopardy
    • There is _nothing_ about "Tôji's missing arm" anywhere.
      But the liner notes keep talking about his missing left leg. Strange, isn't it? Even in the parody comics featured in the Japanese Genesis 0:12 video, you can see an unijambist Tôji with his _two_ arms.2000 December 20, Olivier Hagué, “EVA-Unit Head origins?”, in japan.anime.evangelion (Usenet), retrieved 16 Apr 2022

Forms of unijambist

pluralunijambists

Origin of unijambist

Borrowed from French unijambiste.

Questions about unijambist

What does unijambist mean?
Unijambist means a person with only one leg.
What part of speech is unijambist?
Unijambist is a noun.
What is the plural of unijambist?
The plural of unijambist is unijambists.

Words near unijambist in the dictionary

  1. unihemispheric
  2. unihockey
  3. unihormonal
  4. unihorn
  5. unihorns
  6. unijambist
  7. unijambists
  8. unijugate
  9. unijunction
  10. unijunctions
  11. unikaryotic

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