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cloven-hoofed

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[kloh-vuhn-hooft, -hooft] / ˈkloʊ vənˈhʊft, -ˈhuft /
Also cloven-footed

adjective

  1. having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.

  2. devilish; Satanic.

Etymology

Origin of cloven-hoofed

First recorded in 1640–50

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