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fourhanded en · ADJ

Etymology

From four + handed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having four hands; quadrumanous.
   • Here, fourhanded Visnu is seen seated on Garuda who has a human body with curly hair and leaf-like feathers. 1992, Sushil Kumar Patel, Hinduism in India: A Study of Visnu Worship, page 146:
   • To these fourhanded animals of the ancient continent, we may add the fourhanded animals of the new, that use their hands like the former, as well as their tails, and that fill up the chasm between the monkey tribe and the lower orders of the forest. 1790, Goldsmith, History of Earth, volume iv, page 242:
2. (not-comparable) Requiring four hands.
   • Their fourhanded swing number on the piano is one of the most beautiful moments in a film that has no shortage of beautiful moments to offer. 2002, Jürgen Müller, Movies of the 80s, →ISBN, page 538:
3. (not-comparable) Requiring or involving four people.
   • If, for instance, a fourhanded, $100 million deal was reached, every member would be in for $25 million in bonds. 2003, William E. Simon, Gerald R. Ford, George P. Shultz, A Time for Reflection: An Autobiography, →ISBN, page 41:
   • a fourhanded card game

Forms

Deriveds

fourhandedness · fourhandedly

Translations (4)

fi nelikätinen (having four hands) · fi neljän hengen (requiring or involving four people) · fi nelikätinen (requiring four hands) · it a quattro mani (requiring four hands)