Having many elbows or elbow-like bends and angles; angular and jointed like elbows.
From 'elbow' (noun) with the adjectival suffix '-y', creating a descriptive word meaning 'resembling or full of elbows.' Similar to words like 'rocky' (full of rocks) or 'leafy' (full of leaves).
Adjectives ending in '-y' are some of the oldest in English, and 'elbowy' follows the exact same pattern as 'knobby' or 'knobbly'—they're wonderfully intuitive words that tell you something is full of whatever the root word means!
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