short-leggedness
English
Alternative forms
- shortleggedness
Etymology
short-legged + -ness
Noun
short-leggedness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being short-legged.
- 2000, Wolfgang Mieder, Strategies of Wisdom: Anglo-American and German Proverb Studies, p. 313:
- A special characteristic of the LTI is the shameless shortleggedness of their lies.
- 1968, Kjeld Wamberg, Veterinary Encyclopedia: Diagnosis and Treatment, Volume 1, p. 648:
- The shortleggedness of the Dexter cattle is determined by a dominant factor K (heterozygote Kk).
- 1949, Growth, Volumes 13-14, p. 299:
- In 1919 another mutation for shortleggedness appeared among sheep of eastern Norway
- 2000, Wolfgang Mieder, Strategies of Wisdom: Anglo-American and German Proverb Studies, p. 313: