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double-jointed, a.
(Stress variable.)
Having joints that permit a much greater degree of movement of parts of the body than is normal. So double-ˈjointedness.
1831J. Roby Trad. Lancs. 2nd Ser. I. 103 The knave is..of an incredible strength, being..double-jointed. 1912Lancet 19 Oct. 1077/2 A boy..with..double-jointedness... The joints were very loose, and the child took particular pleasure in forming almost circles by locking the index and middle finger of each hand. 1930‘Greenhorn’ Tinker, Tailor vi. 131 His double-jointed, coffee-coloured hand sent the knife hissing on its deadly way. 1961C. H. Barnett et al. Synovial Joints IV. iii. 249 Anatomists can only plead ignorance of the minor structural differences that must distinguish the normal joint from the double jointed variety. |