lightfoot

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/ˈlaɪtfʊt/

adjective

Light-footed.

OriginMiddle English light-fot →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

lightfoot1

adjectivelightfoot (not comparable)

alternative light-foot

  1. not comparablepoeticLight-footed.

    There she alighted from her light-foot beast, / And sitting downe upon the rocky shore, / Bade her old Squire unlace her lofty creast […]

    1906, original 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii
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    There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman.

    1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

Lightfoot2

proper nounLightfoot (countable and uncountable, plural Lightfoots)

plural Lightfoots

  1. countableuncountableA surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia, United States.

Origin

lightfoot · adjective

  1. Middle Englishlight-fot
  2. Englishlightfoot

From Middle English light-fot, light-foot, from light (adjective) + fot, foot (noun). See more at light, foot.

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Lightfoot · proper noun

From light + foot, a nickname for a messenger or fast runner.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

lightfoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightfoot

MLA

“lightfoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightfoot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lightfoot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightfoot.

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