spavined
Of a horse: having spavinOf a horse: having spavin (“a disease of horses caused by a bony swelling which develops in a leg due to inflammation”).
Meaning
3 sensesOf a horse: having spavin (“a disease of horses caused by a bony swelling which develops in a leg due to inflammation”).
(broadly)Of a person: lame due to a leg disease.
(figuratively)Of a person or a thing: old, worn-out; also, obsolete.
I’m a spavined old warrior, and I don’t have much time left in this world, but I still have a few tricks to teach these whippersnappers.
- (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint
Origin
From Late Middle English spaueyned, from spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causiFrom Late Middle English spaueyned, from spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causing lameness; disease causing lameness in horses”) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and the past tense and past participle forms of weak verbs). By surface analysis, spavin + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives from nouns, denoting having the objects represented by the nouns; and forming past tenses of regular verbs).
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Forms
more spavined, most spavined| Comparative | more spavined Lesson |
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| Superlative | most spavined Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form