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shortleggedness

shortleggedness is the alternative form of short-leggedness.

Meaning of short-leggedness

Noun

short-leggedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being short-legged.
    • A special characteristic of the LTI is the shameless shortleggedness of their lies.2000, Wolfgang Mieder, Strategies of Wisdom: Anglo-American and German Proverb Studies, page 313

Origin of shortleggedness

From shortlegged + -ness.

Questions about shortleggedness

What is shortleggedness the alternative form of?
Shortleggedness is the alternative form of short-leggedness.

Words near shortleggedness in the dictionary

  1. Shortlands
  2. shortleaf
  3. shortleaf pine
  4. shortleaf pines
  5. shortlegged
  6. shortleggedness
  7. shortlex
  8. shortline
  9. shortlines
  10. shortlink
  11. shortlist

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