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leggy

[leg-ee]

adjective

leggier, leggiest 
  1. having awkwardly long legs.

  2. having long, attractively shaped legs.

    a group of tanned, leggy swimmers.

  3. of, relating to, or characterized by showing the legs.

    a leggy stage show.

  4. (of plants) long and thin; spindly.



leggy

/ ˈɛɡɪ /

adjective

  1. having unusually long legs

  2. (of a woman) having long and shapely legs

  3. (of a plant) having an unusually long and weak stem

  4. (esp of a sportsperson) sluggish or fatigued; having tired legs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • legginess noun
  • ˈ𲵲Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of leggy1

First recorded in 1780–90; leg + -y 1
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The party scenes with leggy dancers, meant to be decadent, are inoffensive.

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He says this seriously, even though he’s striding around Streisand’s 3-acre property like a leggy teenager.

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With a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider in a small plastic pot.

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Los Angeles was Chandler’s terrain, as much of a muse as any of the leggy blonds that populated his fiction.

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Australia started to flag on Sunday but I think Scotland made them look leggy.

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