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leggish

leggish adjective: characterised by legs; leggy.

Adjective

leggish (comparative more leggish, superlative most leggish)

  1. Characterised by legs; leggy
    • Uncle Lawrence always said Adrian Mont knew tables." The older man gave up his study of the card tables. "Rather leggish. But they hold up.1993, James Thurber, Middle Aged Man and Flying
    • When disturbed, all individuals move rapidly back and forth (a behaviour also observed in other ptilomerine genera), presenting a confusing picture of jumping greenish, leggish dots.2005, Ping-ping Chen, Nico Nieser, Herbert Zettel, The Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Bugs
  2. Resembling a leg
    • Except for its four leggish bits there it has no equine mannerism, structure, or demeanour.2002, Rachel Bush, The Unfortunate Singer
    • The white bodies developed short stubby leggish appendages, with a single large sucker orifice ringed and ringed with little teeth.2007, R. M. Meluch, The Sagittarius Command

Synonyms of leggish

Forms of leggish

comparativemore leggish
superlativemost leggish

Origin of leggish

From leg + -ish.

Questions about leggish

What does leggish mean?
Leggish means characterised by legs; leggy.
What part of speech is leggish?
Leggish is an adjective.

Words near leggish in the dictionary

  1. legginglike
  2. leggings
  3. leggins
  4. Leggio
  5. Leggios
  6. leggish
  7. Leggism
  8. leggo
  9. leggos
  10. Leggott
  11. Leggour

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