Ankylosed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ankylosed is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of ankylose.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of ankylose.
More Meanings
- (of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
- (figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
Example Sentences
it was a strange spot, this forest of dark petrifacts, this grove of ankylosed trees.
The pipy arms, ending in bony claws were outthrust as if ankylosed in the posture of an eternal dreadful groping.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stiff, rigid, stiffish, ossified, stark, stifflike.
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