Meanings
comparative more grallatorial · superlative most grallatorial
- Of or pertaining to wading birds.
- Of legs, long and thin, as a wader.
Will found himself growing increasingly depressed as he twisted his grallatorial limbs and shook his nugatory buttocks with the rest of his fellow sufferers—it was the same thing, day in, day out, a purgatory of the unwise and unwell.
1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 214
Origin
- Latingrallātor“stilt-walker”
- Englishgrallatorial
From Grallatores (former order name) (from Latin grallātor (“stilt-walker”)) + -ial.
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grallatorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grallatorial
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