cloven-hoofed

1. 1.

   of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine

   Synonymscloven-footed

Questions about cloven-hoofed

What does cloven-hoofed mean?

cloven-hoofed means "of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine".

How many syllables are in cloven-hoofed?

cloven-hoofed has 3 syllables: cloven--hoo-fed. The stress falls on "cloven-".

What is another word for cloven-hoofed?

Close synonyms include cloven-footed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cloven-hoofed a common word?

cloven-hoofed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.