Etymology

suffraginous

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Today it means: Of or relating to the hock of an animal. Full definition →

Latin suffraginosus
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  1. Latin · derived fromsuffraginosus“diseased in the hock”
  2. English todaysuffraginous

From Latin suffraginosus (“diseased in the hock”), from suffrago (“the pastern, or hock”).

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