jointed
pronunciation
How to pronounce jointed in British English:
UK [ˈdʒɔɪntɪd]
How to pronounce jointed in American English:
US [ ˈdʒɔɪntɪd]
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- Adjective:
- having joints or jointed segments
Word Origin
- jointed (adj.)
- early 15c., from joint (n.).
Example
- 1. She bought her baby a jointed doll .
- 2. A jointing together or being jointed together .
- 3. Large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large gray-white feathery panicles .
- 4. Any of various nonflowering plants of the genus equisetum , having a jointed , hollow stem and narrow , sometimes much reduced leaves .
- 5. I never believed that people were double jointed .