Meanings
adjectivebow-legged (comparative more bow-legged, superlative most bow-legged)
comparative more bow-legged · superlative most bow-legged · alternative bowlegged
- Having bowed legs, having legs bent noticeably outward at the knee.
Synonyms: bandy, bandy-legged, genu varum, couldn't stop a pig in a passage
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving bowed legs, having legs bent noticeably outward at the knee.
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Translations
Ancient Greek φολκός
- φολκός (pholkós)having bowed legs
Arabic أَفْحَج
- أَفْحَج (ʔafḥaj)having bowed legs
Bulgarian кривокрак
- кривокрак (krivokrak)having bowed legs
Catalan camatort, garrell
- camatorthaving bowed legs
- garrellhaving bowed legs
Chinese Mandarin 羅圈腿 /罗圈腿
- 羅圈腿 /罗圈腿 (luóquāntuǐ)having bowed legs
Czech křivonohý, s nohama do o
- křivonohýhaving bowed legs
- s nohama do ohaving bowed legs
Danish hjulbenet
- hjulbenethaving bowed legs
Dutch krombenig, o-benig
- krombenighaving bowed legs
- o-benighaving bowed legs
Finnish länkisäärinen
- länkisäärinenhaving bowed legs
German krummbeinig, o-beinig
- krummbeinighaving bowed legs
- o-beinighaving bowed legs
Greek ραιβός
- ραιβός (raivós)having bowed legs
Hungarian lőcslábú, karikalábú
- lőcslábúhaving bowed legs
- karikalábúhaving bowed legs
- ó-lábúhaving bowed legs
Irish bórach, camchosach
- bórachhaving bowed legs
- camchosachhaving bowed legs
Latin valgus, scambus
- valgushaving bowed legs
- scambushaving bowed legs
- lōripēshaving bowed legs
- vatiushaving bowed legs
Māori waehaka, turihaka
- waehakahaving bowed legs
- turihakahaving bowed legs
- waewae haohaving bowed legs
Norwegian Bokmål hjulbeint, hjulbent
- hjulbeinthaving bowed legs
- hjulbenthaving bowed legs
Polish krzywonogi, szpotawy
- krzywonogihaving bowed legs
- szpotawyhaving bowed legs
Romanian crăcănat
- crăcănathaving bowed legs
Russian кривоно́гий, косола́пый
- кривоно́гий (krivonógij)having bowed legs
- косола́пый (kosolápyj)having bowed legs
- но́ги колесо́м (nógi kolesóm)having bowed legs
Scottish Gaelic balg-chasach
- balg-chasachhaving bowed legs
Spanish arqueado, patizambo
- arqueadohaving bowed legs
- patizambohaving bowed legs
Swedish hjulbent
- hjulbenthaving bowed legs
Tagalog sakang
- sakanghaving bowed legs
Welsh coesgam
- coesgamhaving bowed legs
Cite this entry
APA
bow-legged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bow-legged
MLA
“bow-legged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bow-legged. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bow-legged,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bow-legged.
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