"footless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more footless [comparative], most footless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English fotles, from Old English *fōtlēas (only found as fēþelēas (“footless”)), from Proto-Germanic *fōtalausaz (“footless”), equivalent to foot + -less. Cognate with Dutch voetloos, German fußlos, Swedish fotlös, Icelandic fótalaus (“footless, legless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fotles}} Middle English fotles, {{inh|en|ang|*fōtlēas}} Old English *fōtlēas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fōtalausaz|t=footless}} Proto-Germanic *fōtalausaz (“footless”), {{suffix|en|foot|less}} foot + -less, {{cog|nl|voetloos}} Dutch voetloos, {{cog|de|fußlos}} German fußlos, {{cog|sv|fotlös}} Swedish fotlös, {{cog|is|fótalaus|t=footless, legless}} Icelandic fótalaus (“footless, legless”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} footless (comparative more footless, superlative most footless)
  1. Without feet. Translations (without feet): ἄπους (ápous) (Ancient Greek), jalaton (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-footless-en-adj-7OFTeE2o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'without feet': 100 0
  2. (colloquial) Clumsy or inept. Tags: colloquial Translations (clumsy or inept): несръчен (nesrǎčen) (Bulgarian), непохватен (nepohvaten) (Bulgarian), kömpelö (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-footless-en-adj-btzrkdnH Disambiguation of 'clumsy or inept': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: feetless Derived forms: footlessly, footlessness
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        "2": "fußlos"
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      "word": "jalaton"
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      "sense": "clumsy or inept",
      "word": "kömpelö"
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