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adunc

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[uh-duhngk] / əˈdʌŋk /

adjective

  1. curved inward; hooked.


Other Word Forms

  • aduncity noun

Etymology

Origin of adunc

1620–30; < Latin aduncus, equivalent to ad- ad- + uncus hook, barb

Example Sentences

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Where I have followed the G. T. in its reading "quant l'en a chevauchés six jornée tel che je vos ai contés, adunc treuve l'en une cité," etc.,

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah