Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having a clubfoot; clubfooted.
  • noun A person with a clubfoot.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Clubfooted; twisted or distorted out of shape or position, as a foot; having a clubbed foot, or talipes, as a person.
  • Having the feet naturally twisted into an unusual position, as a sloth; walking on the back of the foot.
  • noun One who or that which is taliped or clubfooted.

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

  • adjective having a deformed foot

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin tālipēs, tāliped-, clubfoot; see talipes.]

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Examples

  • A gnarled and taliped and snaggy landscape where man might be seen as an afterthought.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • A gnarled and taliped and snaggy landscape where man might be seen as an afterthought.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

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