different between limbed vs storky

English

Etymology

From Middle English ilimed (“having limbs, limbed”) [and other forms], from i- (prefix forming adjectives, past participles, etc.) + lim (“organ or part of the body, member; extremity of an animal or human body, limb; sexual organ; a person as a member of the group of all Christians; follower; liegeman; corner of a siege tower; arm of the sea; branch of a subject”) (see further at lim) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives); analysable as limb +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /l?md/

Adjective

limbed (not comparable)

1. Having limbs.
2. Preceded by a descriptive word: having limbs of a specified kind or quality.

Derived terms

• clean-limbed

Translations

Verb

limbed

1. simple past tense and past participle of limb

References

Anagrams

• Lib Dem, delimb, dimble

English

Etymology

stork +? -y

Adjective

storky (comparative storkier, superlative storkiest)

1. resembling a stork
2. (by analogy) tall and long-limbed

Synonyms

• (tall and long-limbed): gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy