"legless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-legless.ogg [Australia] Forms: more legless [comparative], most legless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English legles, equivalent to leg + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|legles}} Middle English legles, {{suffix|en|leg|less}} leg + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} legless (comparative more legless, superlative most legless)
  1. Without legs. Synonyms: no-legged Translations (without legs): 无腿的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无腿 (wútuǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), beznohý (Czech), йолдымо (joldymo) (Eastern Mari), jalutu (Estonian), jalaton (Finnish), ayaksız (Gagauz), bacaksız (Gagauz), beinlos (German), án fóta (Icelandic), fótalaus [masculine] (Icelandic), beznogi (Polish), beznożny (Polish), безно́гий (beznógij) (Russian), benlös (Swedish), аяксыз (ayaksız) (Tatar), ялдымы (jaldymy) (Western Mari)
    Sense id: en-legless-en-adj-GLb04~2p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'without legs': 100 0
  2. (slang) Too drunk to stand. Tags: slang Synonyms: drunk Translations (too drunk to stand): kantokuntoinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-legless-en-adj-m3fpPWDD Disambiguation of 'too drunk to stand': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: legless lizard, leglessly, leglessness

Download JSON data for legless meaning in English (3.6kB)

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        "(slang) Too drunk to stand."
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      "word": "无腿的"
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      "word": "无腿"
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      "lang": "Gagauz",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "bacaksız"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "beinlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "án fóta"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "without legs",
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      ],
      "word": "fótalaus"
    },
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      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "joldymo",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "йолдымо"
    },
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      "lang": "Western Mari",
      "roman": "jaldymy",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "ялдымы"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "beznogi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "beznożny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beznógij",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "безно́гий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "benlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ayaksız",
      "sense": "without legs",
      "word": "аяксыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "too drunk to stand",
      "word": "kantokuntoinen"
    }
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