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English
Etymology
From ankylose + -ed.
Verb
ankylosed
- simple past and past participle of ankylose
Adjective
ankylosed (comparative more ankylosed, superlative most ankylosed)
- (of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
- (figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
- August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust":
- The pipy arms, ending in bony claws were outthrust as if ankylosed in the posture of an eternal dreadful groping.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 133:it was a strange spot, this forest of dark petrifacts, this grove of ankylosed trees.
Translations
of bones or joints: stiffened or inflexible
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