Meanings
comparative more bandy-legged · superlative most bandy-legged
- Synonym of bow-legged, having knees which bend outward.
Once some bandy-legged, lurching creature, an ant-eater or a bear, scuttled clumsily amid the shadows.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLCSynonyms: bow-legged, having knees which bend outward
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of bow-legged, having knees which bend outward.
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Origin
From bandy (“bowlegged”) + legged.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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