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light-foot

light-foot is the alternative form of lightfoot.

Meaning of lightfoot

Adjective

lightfoot (not comparable)

  1. (poetic) Light-footed.
    • There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

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Questions about light-foot

What is light-foot the alternative form of?
Light-foot is the alternative form of lightfoot.

Words near light-foot in the dictionary

  1. light-finger
  2. light-fingered
  3. light-fingeredness
  4. light-fingering
  5. light-fingers
  6. light-foot
  7. light-footed
  8. light-footedly
  9. light-footedness
  10. light-gathering power
  11. light-handed

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