akembo

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A form of akimbo — With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

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Meanings

adjectiveakembo (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableArchaic form of akimbo (“with hands on hips and elbows outward”).

    She set her huge arms akembo

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC
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    "What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]"

    1825, Ephraim Hardcastle (William Henry Pyne), The Twenty-Ninth of May: Rare Doings at the Restoration, volume 1, page 14
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APA

akembo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akembo

MLA

“akembo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akembo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “akembo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akembo.

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