ANKYLOSED

Etymology

Verb

ankylosed

simple past tense and past participle of ankylose

Adjective

ankylosed (comparative more ankylosed, superlative most ankylosed)

Stiffened or inflexible, with regard to the bones or joints; figuratively, stiff, cramped, rigid.

Source: Wiktionary


ANKYLOSE

An"ky*lose, v. t. & i.

Definition: Same as Anchylose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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