underlimbed

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ limbed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underlimbed (comparative more underlimbed, superlative most underlimbed)

  1. Having underdeveloped limbs.
    • 1863, Rees Howell Gronow, Recollections and anecdotes: a second series of reminiscences, page 146:
      His neck was long, his shoulders broad, and his waist narrow, and though, he was, perhaps, somewhat underlimbed, nothing could surpass the beauty of his feet and ankles.
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