Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bent backward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Recurved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
recurved
Etymologies
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Latin recurvus; prefix re- re + curvus curved.
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Examples
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If ever worthy male from Indiana spoke in a soprano voice and was lithe, alluring, and recurvous, she was Daniel Voorhees Pike.
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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