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splayfoot

[ spley-foo t ]
/ ˈspleɪˌfʊt /

noun, plural splay·feet.

a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
Pathology. this condition as a deformity in which the arch is very low or absent and weight is borne on the entire sole; flatfoot.

adjective Also splay·foot·ed.

of, relating to, or afflicted with splayfoot.
clumsy or awkward.

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Origin of splayfoot

First recorded in 1540–50; splay + foot
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for splay-foot

  • Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splay-foot verse, remained, and will remain.

    Essay on Man|Alexander Pope

  • And here I thought all along it was because you was splay-foot farmers, and unfortunate, you know, that way like all nesters is.

    Stepsons of Light|Eugene Manlove Rhodes

  • I mind that you said it was a splay-foot, and here's the explanation.

    The Valley of Fear|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Flat-foot or splay-foot is that deformity in which there is loss of the arch, and the foot tends to be pronated and abducted.

    Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for splay-foot

splayfoot
/ (ˈspleɪˌfʊt) /

noun plural -feet

pathol another word for flatfoot (def. 1)
a foot of which the toes are spread out, as in certain breeds of dog used in hunting waterfowl

Derived forms of splayfoot

splayfooted, adjectivesplayfootedly, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for splay-foot

splayfoot
[ splā′fut′ ]

n.

flatfoot
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.