brokenhanded

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English

Etymology

From broken +‎ handed.

Adjective

brokenhanded (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of broken-handed
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Leviticus 21:18-20:
      For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
      Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
      Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
    • 1883, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poems (Alphonso of Castile):
      Mighty projects countermanded ; Rash ambition, brokenhanded ; Puny man and scentless rose Tormenting Pan to double the dose.
    • 1917, Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, World Outlook - Volume 3, page 24:
      I noticed a quarrel between an old brokenhanded baboon and a young dude with fine fur.