Suffraginous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /səˈfɹæd͡ʒɪnəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Suffraginous is an adjective meaning (obsolete, nonce word) Of or relating to the hock of an animal.
Meaning
(obsolete, nonce word) Of or relating to the hock of an animal.
Example Sentences
The different flexure and order of the joints might also countenance the same, being not disposed in the Elephant, as they are in other quadrupedes, but carry a nearer conformity unto those of Man; that is, the bought of the fore-legs, not directly backward, but laterally and somewhat inward; but the hough or suffraginous flexure behind rather outward.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include horsy, caballine, behorsed, cow-hocked, hoofbound, horsed.
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