splay-foot

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [spley foo t]
- /spleɪ fʊt/
- /spleɪ fʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spley foo t]
- /spleɪ fʊt/

Definitions of splay-foot word

noun plural splay-foot a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward. 1
noun plural splay-foot Pathology. this condition as a deformity in which the arch is very low or absent and weight is borne on the entire sole; flatfoot. 1
adjective splay-foot of, relating to, or afflicted with splayfoot. 1
adjective splay-foot clumsy or awkward. 1

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Origin of splay-foot

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50; splay + foot

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Parts of speech for Splay-foot

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Splay-foot

splay-foot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".