leggish

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English

Etymology

From leg +‎ -ish.

Adjective

leggish (comparative more leggish, superlative most leggish)

  1. Characterised by legs; leggy
    • 1993, James Thurber, Middle Aged Man and Flying:
      Uncle Lawrence always said Adrian Mont knew tables." The older man gave up his study of the card tables. "Rather leggish. But they hold up.
    • 2005, Ping-ping Chen, Nico Nieser, Herbert Zettel, The Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Bugs:
      When disturbed, all individuals move rapidly back and forth (a behaviour also observed in other ptilomerine genera), presenting a confusing picture of jumping greenish, leggish dots.
  2. Resembling a leg
    • 2002, Rachel Bush, The Unfortunate Singer:
      Except for its four leggish bits there it has no equine mannerism, structure, or demeanour.
    • 2007, R. M. Meluch, The Sagittarius Command:
      The white bodies developed short stubby leggish appendages, with a single large sucker orifice ringed and ringed with little teeth.
    • 2012, C Taylor, Group of Death:
      Fucking relief. I look down at my cock, wink at it, feel the threat of Hagop's leggish member disappear, the weight lifting off me like a lead ottoman finally levered off a gasping sous chef. '

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