jawfallen
English
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Dejected, dispirited.
- (obsolete) Having a "fallen" or locked jaw (and hence sometimes unable to speak), variously attributed to dejection (the previous sense) or lockjaw.
Etymology
Compound from English jaw + English fallen.
Origin
English
fallen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bottle jaw English
- chapfallen English
- crackjaw English
- crestfallen English
- fallen English
- fallenness English
- hog jaw English
- jaw English
- jaw-hole English
- jaw-twister English
- jawblock English
- jawbone English
- jawbox English
- jawbreaker English
- jawbreaking English
- jawfall English
- jawfish English
- jawfoot English
- jawless English
- jawlike English
- jawline English
- jawsmith English
- jawy English
- knifejaw English
- lockjaw English
- loosejaw English
- root-fallen English
- trap-jaw ant English
- underjaw English
- unfallen English
- windfallen English
- jawe Middle English
- zo Torres Strait Creole