adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of ankylose form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Stiffened or inflexible.
2. 2
   Stiff, cramped, rigid. broadly, figuratively

   "The pipy arms, ending in bony claws were outthrust as if ankylosed in the posture of an eternal dreadful groping."

Synonyms

All synonyms

ancylose

Example

More examples

"I am ankylosed by inactivity. No exit, no solution is possible, since the problem remains!"

Etymology

From ankylose + -ed.

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