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leggy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective leggy has 2 senses
- leggy(s = adj.all) tall-growing - (of plants) having tall spindly stems; Array
- leggy(s = adj.all) long-legged, long-shanked - having long legs; Array Derived forms noun leg7, noun leg1, noun leg2
CIDE DICTIONARY
leggy, a.
- having tall spindly stems; -- of plants. [WordNet 1.5]
- Having long legs. Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
leggy, adj. (leggier, leggiest)
1 a long-legged. b (of a woman) having attractively long legs.
2 long-stemmed.
1 a long-legged. b (of a woman) having attractively long legs.
2 long-stemmed.
Derivative
legginess n.
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