Definition of Splayfoot

1. Adjective. Having feet that turn outward.

Exact synonyms: Splayfooted
Similar to: Flat-footed, Splay
Antonyms: Pigeon-toed

2. Noun. A foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out.
Exact synonyms: Flatfoot, Pes Planus
Generic synonyms: Foot, Human Foot, Pes

Definition of Splayfoot

1. n. A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.

2. a. Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.

Definition of Splayfoot

1. Noun. A deformity in which the feet are abnormally flat and turned outwards ¹

2. Noun. Such a foot ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Splayfoot

1. [n -FEET]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splayfoot

splatterer
splatterers
splatterfest
splatterfests
splattering
splatterings
splatterproof
splatterpunk
splatters
splatterspunks
splattery
splatting
splay
splayed
splayfeet
splayfoot (current term)
splayfooted
splaying
splays
spleen
spleen deoxyribonuclease
spleen endonuclease
spleen focus-forming viruses
spleen metastases
spleen phosphodiesterases
spleened
spleenful
spleenier
spleeniest

Literary usage of Splayfoot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"For mercy's sake, my dear Charry, do think of me 1 If you tell Doctor splayfoot, he'll be certain to tell it all to Wynne Williams and Doctor Price ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... beat (contextual), cudgel, truncheon (rare), bludgeon; spec, bastinado, paddle. SORORITY, FRATERNITY. clubfoot, n. 1. Referring to the foot: splayfoot, ..."

3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1912)
"In the same way, "splayfoot" octosyllabic rimes became the medium of English satire, derived, probably, through the French, from Le Roman de la Rose. ..."

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