ungulate
John's misformed malleoli made his feet ungulate, his badinage and concinnity placed him on the highest ledger line among other wallahs at the parastatal.
- malleolus: Either of the two rounded protuberances on each side of the ankle, the inner formed by a projection of the tibia and the outer by a projection of the fibula.
- ungulate: adj. 1a. Having hooves. b. Resembling hooves; hooflike. 2. Of or belonging to the former order Ungulata, now divided into the orders Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla and composed of the hoofed mammals such as horses, cattle, deer, swine, and elephants. |n. An ungulate mammal.
- badinage: Light, playful banter.
- concinnity: 1. Harmony in the arrangement or interarrangement of parts with respect to a whole. 2. Studied elegance and facility in style of expression: “He has what one character calls ‘the gifts of concinnity and concision,’ that deft swipe with a phrase that can be so devastating in children” (Elizabeth Ward). 3. An instance of harmonious arrangement or studied elegance and facility.
- ledger line: Music A short line placed above or below a staff to accommodate notes higher or lower than the range of the staff.
- wallah: 1. One employed in a particular occupation or activity: a kitchen wallah; rickshaw wallahs. 2. An important person in a particular field or organization: “the Ritz, a favorite haunt of Republican wallahs” (John Robinson).
- parastatal: adj. Owned or controlled wholly or partly by the government: a parastatal mining corporation. |n. A company or agency owned or controlled wholly or partly by the government.
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