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light-winged

light-winged adjective: having light or fleet wings; swift.

Adjective

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

  1. Having light or fleet wings; swift.

Forms of light-winged

comparativemore light-winged
superlativemost light-winged
alternative formlightwinged

Origin of light-winged

From light (“not weighed down”, adjective) + winged (“having wings”, adjective).

Questions about light-winged

What does light-winged mean?
Light-winged means having light or fleet wings; swift.
What part of speech is light-winged?
Light-winged is an adjective.

Words near light-winged in the dictionary

  1. light-timbered
  2. light-up
  3. light-water
  4. light-weight
  5. light-weights
  6. light-winged
  7. light-witted
  8. light-year
  9. light-years
  10. lightable
  11. lightbar

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