What does "akembo" mean?

Archaic form of akimbo (“with hands on hips and elbows outward”).

What is a synonym for "akembo"?

Common synonyms include: crooked, angular, bent, cornered, crotched, forked.

Akembo

adj

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Adjective

1
Archaic form of akimbo (“with hands on hips and elbows outward”). alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
"She set her huge arms akembo"

Synonyms

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crooked angular bent cornered crotched forked

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""What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]""

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