Splay (verb)
splei
Thrust or spread (things, especially limbs or fingers) out and apart.
Middle English (in the sense ‘unfold to view, display’): shortening of the verb display.
Example sentences
“she splayed out her hand across his chest.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
