unijambist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French unijambiste.
Noun[edit]
unijambist (plural unijambists)
- (non-native speakers' English) A person with only one leg.
- 1994, Jean Echenoz, Double Jeopardy[1]:
- Each of them, having taken a second helping of vegetables, leaned back to digest. Henri the unijambist was still asleep. The blond tossed some pebbles into the water. Jeanne-Marie came nearer the hearth, unglued the mildewed pages of a magazine, then leafed through the pretty people and practical advice for laundering in low temperatures.
- 2000 December 20, Olivier Hagué, “EVA-Unit Head origins?”, in japan.anime.evangelion[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-16:
- There is _nothing_ about "Tôji's missing arm" anywhere.
But the liner notes keep talking about his missing left leg. Strange, isn't it? Even in the parody comics featured in the Japanese Genesis 0:12 video, you can see an unijambist Tôji with his _two_ arms.
- 2002 November 19, Olivier Hagué, “BOOYAH !!!! NOT !!!!”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-16:
- In 1999 and 2001, Detroit totally fell apart in the face of adversity. You can't ascribe such a meltdown only to injuries. Where was Detroit's vaunted depth since you contend that Detroit has won because of it more than by relying on its superstars to carry the team, as opposed to the Avalanche? And where was Bowman's touch in all of that? And in 2002, would the Red Wings have even bested the Canucks without relying so very much on their unijambist captain in that series?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:unijambist.
Translations[edit]
person with only one leg
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