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maniform

American

[man-uh-fawrm] / ˈmæn əˌfɔrm /

adjective

shaped like a hand.

Etymology

Origin of maniform

First recorded in 1820–30, maniform is from the New Latin word maniformis hand-shaped. See manus, -i-, -form

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He favoured Julia and Edward with a full account of the maniform enormities he had detected them in during thirty years' practice; and so descended to his present grievance.

From Hard Cash by Charles Reade

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