Hookedness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The condition of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
  • Word Usage
    "Or that the little protuberances in the candle-snuff thicken the air and make it cloudy; or the hookedness of the nails is the cause and not an accident consequential to an ulcer."