brachydactylous love

brachydactylous

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having abnormally short fingers.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having abnormally short finger or toes

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word brachydactylous.

Examples

  • Moreover, it will be found, if a number of brachydactylous persons are examined, that no two of them are affected to exactly the same degree.

    Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe 1933

  • It tends to affect the entire skeleton, and in a family where one child is markedly brachydactylous, that child is generally shorter than the others.

    Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe 1933

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • A small-minded leader is fractious,

    One shriveled in heart is disastrous,

    But heaven forfend

    Our fate should depend

    On one who is brachydactylous.

    July 15, 2017