thighless

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adjective

Without thighs.

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Meanings

adjectivethighless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout thighs.

    A bird’s-eye shot of the thighless legs of a seated figure is also common.

    2008 May 25, Virginia Heffernan, “Narrow Minded”, in New York Times
    2 more examples

    But how he could paint such pictures is marvellous, for he was not only armless but thighless, his short legs being closely united to the trunk.

    1883, Thomson Sharp, “Cæsar Ducornet, the wonderful cripple”, in Young England, volume 5, page 486

    Some manufacturers advocate the use of thighless legs whether the stumps are long or short, and pay little attention to the character of the extremities.

    1907, George Edwin Marks, Manual of Artificial Limbs

Origin

From thigh + -less.

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

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Chicago

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