English

Verb

ankylosed

1. simple past tense and past participle of ankylose

Adjective

ankylosed ‎(comparative more ankylosed, superlative most ankylosed)

1. Stiffened or inflexible, with regard to the bones or joints; figuratively, stiff, cramped, rigid.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 133:

     it was a strange spot, this forest of dark petrifacts, this grove of ankylosed trees.

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