fourhandedness

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noun

The state or quality of being fourhanded; having or using four hands.

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Meanings

nounfourhandedness (uncountable)

alternative four-handedness

  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being fourhanded; having or using four hands.

    A primary and persistently ground-living form does not develop fourhandedness. The present forelimb of the hominids is incomprehensible without prior arboreal life.

    1964, Jack Hale Prost, Readings on human evolution, page 15

Origin

From fourhanded + -ness.

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

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

Chicago

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

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