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Webster 1913 Edition


Suffraginous

Suf-frag′i-nous

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Adj.
[L.
suffraginosus
diseased in the hock, fr.
suffrago
the pastern, or hock.]
Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Suffraginous

SUFFRAG'INOUS

,
Adj.
[L. suffrago, the pastern or hough.]
Pertaining to the knee joint of a beast.

Definition 2024


suffraginous

suffraginous

English

Adjective

suffraginous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word) Of or relating to the hock of an animal.
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      The different flexure and order of the joints might also countenance the same, being not disposed in the Elephant, as they are in other quadrupedes, but carry a nearer conformity unto those of Man; that is, the bought of the fore-legs, not directly backward, but laterally and somewhat inward; but the hough or suffraginous flexure behind rather outward.