Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legless

/lˈɛɡləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: leg-less
IPA: /lˈɛɡləs/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without legs.

adj

Too drunk to stand.

Slang

adj

Example Sentences

"a legless invertebrate"
"Above the shield was the well-known Midland crest of a legless wyvern (a wyvern normally has two legs)."
"That idea was legless."

Etymology

From Middle English legles, equivalent to leg + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: legles
Suffix: leg

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more legless (comparative) most legless (superlative)

Derived Forms

leglessly leglessness

Phrases

legless lizard have legs

Frequently Paired Words

have legs

Synonyms

no-legged Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken befuddled beliquored besotted

Antonyms

legged

Questions

How do you pronounce legless?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɛɡləs/.
What does legless mean?: Without legs.
Where does legless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce legless

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