short-leggedness

English

Alternative forms

• shortleggedness

Etymology

From short-legged +‎ -ness.

Noun

short-leggedness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being short-legged.
   • 2000, Wolfgang Mieder, Strategies of Wisdom: Anglo-American and German Proverb Studies, page 313:

     A special characteristic of the LTI is the shameless shortleggedness of their lies.

   • 1968, Kjeld Wamberg, Veterinary Encyclopedia: Diagnosis and Treatment, Volume 1, page 648:

     The shortleggedness of the Dexter cattle is determined by a dominant factor K (heterozygote Kk).

   • 1949, Growth, volumes 13-14, page 299:

     In 1919 another mutation for shortleggedness appeared among sheep of eastern Norway