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longimanous, a.|lɒnˈdʒɪmənəs|
[f. late L. longiman-us (f. long-us long a. + manus hand) + -ous.]
Long-handed; Zool. applied to certain apes. † fig. Far-reaching. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xix. 384 The villany of this Christian exceeded the persecution of Heathens, whose malice was never so Longimanous as to reach the soul of their enemies. 1650Charleton Van Helmont's Tern. Paradoxes Prol. D j b, Whether the Sanative Faculty of Vitriol, may not be conceded so longimanous and extensive, as to produce the same effect, at distance. 1856in Mayne Expos. Lex. |
