English Explanatory Dictionary

down-gyved

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hanging down, like gyves or fetters.

Word forms

down-gyved downgyved

Etymology

From down (“from a higher position to a lower one”) + gyved (“to shackle, fetter, chain”). A Shakespearan coinage.

Synonyms

dangling hanging pendulous
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