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Definition: FLAP-EARED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having broad, loose, dependent ears.[Websters]
2. Being lop-eared. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb flap-earedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(flap-earedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective flap-eared.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Flap-eared" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: FLAP-EARED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having broad, loose, dependent ears.[Websters]
2. Being lop-eared. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb flap-earedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(flap-earedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective flap-eared.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FLAP-EARED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)