English

Adjective

brokenhanded ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative form of broken-handed
   • 1611, Holy Bible, King James Version (Leviticus 21:18-20)

     For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

     Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

     Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

   • 1883, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poems (Alphonso of Castile):

     Mighty projects countermanded ; Rash ambition, brokenhanded ; Puny man and scentless rose Tormenting Pan to double the dose.

   • 1917, Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, World Outlook - Volume 3, page 24:

     I noticed a quarrel between an old brokenhanded baboon and a young dude with fine fur.