hypophalangial
English
Etymology
From hypophalangia + -al.
Adjective
hypophalangial (comparative more hypophalangial, superlative most hypophalangial)
- (rare) Suffering from or pertaining to hypophalangia; lacking one or more digital phalanges.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 16:
- I think very briefly of the late Cosgrove Watt. I think of the hypophalangial Grief-Therapist.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 16: