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legless

legless adjective: without legs.

Adjective

legless (comparative more legless, superlative most legless)

  1. (not comparable) Without legs.
    • a legless invertebrate
    • Above the shield was the well-known Midland crest of a legless wyvern (a wyvern normally has two legs).1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 479
    Synonyms:
    no-legged
    Antonyms:
    legged
  2. (slang) Too drunk to stand.
  3. Going nowhere.
    • That idea was legless.

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Forms of legless

comparativemore legless
superlativemost legless

Origin of legless

From Middle English legles, equivalent to leg + -less.

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Phrases with legless

Questions about legless

What does legless mean?
Legless means without legs.
What part of speech is legless?
Legless is an adjective.

Words near legless in the dictionary

  1. legits
  2. Legius syndrome
  3. Legleg
  4. Legler
  5. Leglers
  6. legless
  7. legless lizard
  8. legless lizards
  9. leglessly
  10. leglessness
  11. leglet

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