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light-legged

light-legged adjective: nimble; swift of foot.

Adjective

light-legged (comparative more light-legged, superlative most light-legged)

  1. Nimble; swift of foot.
    • Pas dared not Cosma chase
      , but did intend next bout with her to meet
      , so he with Nous to Geron turned their race,
      with whom to join fast ran Urania sweet.
      But light-legged Pas had got the middle spacea. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...

Forms of light-legged

comparativemore light-legged
superlativemost light-legged

Origin of light-legged

From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + legged (“having legs”, adjective).

Questions about light-legged

What does light-legged mean?
Light-legged means nimble; swift of foot.
What part of speech is light-legged?
Light-legged is an adjective.

Words near light-legged in the dictionary

  1. light-heartedness
  2. light-heartednesses
  3. light-heeled
  4. light-horseman
  5. light-horsemen
  6. light-legged
  7. light-mile
  8. light-miles
  9. light-minded
  10. light-mindedly
  11. light-mindedness

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