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Meaning of short-neck'd | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Archaic form of short-necked.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“[…] we were reduc’d to make our Extractions in ſhort-neck’d Glaſs-Eggs or Vials exquiſitely ſtop’d […]”
“In Short-neck’d People the Paſſage between the Heart and the Brain being proportionally ſhort, the Force or Momentum of the Circulation in the Brain, is by ſo much the greater; […]”
“But “no, he was a short-neck’d, apoplectic sort of fellow, and, plied well with good things, would soon pop off.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

short-necked short-order short-paid short-period short-range short-run

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