legless

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adjective

Without legs.

“a legless invertebrate”

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

adjectivelegless (comparative more legless, superlative most legless)

comparative more legless · superlative most legless

  1. not comparableWithout legs.

    a legless invertebrate

    1 more example

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

    1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 479

    Synonyms: no-legged · Antonyms: legged

  2. Going nowhere.

    That idea was legless.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWithout legs.

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Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot having legs

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishlegles
  2. Englishlegless

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 無腿的 /无腿的
  • 無腿的 /无腿的 (wútuǐ de)without legs
Czech beznohý
  • beznohýwithout legs
Estonian jalutu
  • jalutuwithout legs
Finnish jalaton, kantokuntoinen
  • jalatonwithout legs
  • kantokuntoinentoo drunk to stand
French cul-de-jatte
  • cul-de-jattewithout legs
German beinlos
  • beinloswithout legs
Hungarian lábatlan
  • lábatlanwithout legs
Icelandic án fóta, fótalaus
  • án fótawithout legs
  • fótalauswithout legs
Polish beznogi, beznożny
  • beznogiwithout legs
  • beznożnywithout legs
Russian безно́гий
  • безно́гий (beznógij)without legs
Swedish benlös
  • benlöswithout legs
Turkish bacaksız
  • bacaksızwithout legs

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Cite this entry
APA

legless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legless

MLA

“legless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legless.

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