Meanings
adjectivebarelegged (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving uncovered legs.
adverbbarelegged (not comparable)
- not comparableWith uncovered legs.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving the legs uncovered by clothing
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishbarelegyde
- Englishbarelegged
From Middle English barelegyde, barlegged, from the phrase bare legs, equivalent to bare + legged.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish paljassäärinen
- paljassäärinenhaving uncovered legs
German mit nackten Beinen
- mit nackten Beinenhaving uncovered legs
Greek ακάλτσωτος
- ακάλτσωτος (akáltsotos)having uncovered legs
Scottish Gaelic casruisgte, casruisgte
- casruisgtehaving uncovered legs
- casruisgtewith uncovered legs
Cite this entry
APA
barelegged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barelegged
MLA
“barelegged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barelegged. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barelegged,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barelegged.
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