cloven-footedadj.

Forms: Also Middle English clove-fote, Middle English–1500s clove-foted, clove-footed, 1500s cloven-foted.

Etymology: < cloven foot, cloven adj. c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcloven-ˌfooted.

Having the foot divided into distinct toes; esp. having a divided hoof as ruminant quadrupeds; also applied to the devil, Satanic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > [adjective] > cloven-hoofed

cloven-footed1398

cloven-hoofed1646

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > cloven-footed

cloven-footed1398

cloven-hoofed1646

the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [adjective]

venomous1340

satanical1534

serpentinec1540

satanic1544

cloven-footed1622

Satanite1769

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxxiii. (Tollem. MS.) The ostriche..is cloffoted [1495 cloue fotyd] as a foure fotid beste.

1415 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 23 All cloue-fote bestes that I haue.

1467 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 46 Hennys and fowlys clovefotyd.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 56^v A wilde beaste, clouefooted.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlix All hole foted foules..and all clouen foted foule.1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 7 The swine, though he diuide the hoofe, and be clouen footed . 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iii. sig. H^v The diuell, He's no such horrid creature, clouen footed..As these lying Christians make him.1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) ii. 210 Great variety of Water-foul both whole and cloven-footed.1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 134 The cloven footed tyrant inviegles the unwary.

Derivatives

cloven-footedness n.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > division in foot > being cloven-footed

cloveness1398

cloven-footedness1656

1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 216 Cloven~footednesse includes pedality.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cloven-footed
释义	cloven-footedadj. Forms: Also Middle English clove-fote, Middle English–1500s clove-foted, clove-footed, 1500s cloven-foted. Etymology: < cloven foot, cloven adj. c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcloven-ˌfooted. Having the foot divided into distinct toes; esp. having a divided hoof as ruminant quadrupeds; also applied to the devil, Satanic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > [adjective] > cloven-hoofed cloven-footed1398 cloven-hoofed1646 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > cloven-footed cloven-footed1398 cloven-hoofed1646 the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [adjective] venomous1340 satanical1534 serpentinec1540 satanic1544 cloven-footed1622 Satanite1769 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxxiii. (Tollem. MS.) The ostriche..is cloffoted [1495 cloue fotyd] as a foure fotid beste. 1415 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 23 All cloue-fote bestes that I haue. 1467 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 46 Hennys and fowlys clovefotyd. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 56^v A wilde beaste, clouefooted. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlix All hole foted foules..and all clouen foted foule.1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 7 The swine, though he diuide the hoofe, and be clouen footed . View more context for this quotation1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iii. sig. H^v The diuell, He's no such horrid creature, clouen footed..As these lying Christians make him.1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) ii. 210 Great variety of Water-foul both whole and cloven-footed.1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 134 The cloven footed tyrant inviegles the unwary. Derivatives cloven-footedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > division in foot > being cloven-footed cloveness1398 cloven-footedness1656 1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 216 Cloven~footednesse includes pedality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1398
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