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cloven-hoofed

[ kloh-vuhn-hooft, -hooft ]

adjective

  1. having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
  2. devilish; Satanic.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cloven-hoofed1

First recorded in 1640–50
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Example Sentences

The great cloven-hoofed with hollow horns, for the ox is found in America, under the form of the bison.

The large cloven-hoofed with hollow horns, as the ox and the buffalo, with their varieties.

The small cloven-hoofed beasts with hollow horns; for sheep, goats, gazelles, or antelopes existed in America.

The cloven-hoofed horse gave one shrill neigh, and one convulsion, and fell back dead.

And nearer, you could also see a cloven-hoofed faun who had surprised her thus.

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