"light-footed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: lighter-footed [comparative], more light-footed [comparative], lightest-footed [superlative], most light-footed [superlative]
enPR: lītʹfo͝ot'(ĭ)d Etymology: From Middle English liȝtfoted, liht fotyd, alteration of earlier lyghtfote, liȝtt-fot (“light-footed”), equivalent to light + foot + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|liȝtfoted}} Middle English liȝtfoted, {{af|en|light|foot|-ed}} light + foot + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|lighter-footed|more|sup=lightest-footed}} light-footed (comparative lighter-footed or more light-footed, superlative lightest-footed or most light-footed)
  1. Fast on one's feet, not plodding; nimble, agile. Derived forms: light-footedly [adverb], light-footedness [noun] Translations (Fast on one's feet): бързоног (bǎrzonog) (Bulgarian), чевръст (čevrǎst) (Bulgarian), קַל רַגְלַיִם (qal ragláim) [masculine] (Hebrew), лєгконоги (ljehkonohi) (Pannonian Rusyn)
    Sense id: en-light-footed-en-adj-HzrTdaEQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations: 86 14

Verb

enPR: lītʹfo͝ot'(ĭ)d Etymology: From Middle English liȝtfoted, liht fotyd, alteration of earlier lyghtfote, liȝtt-fot (“light-footed”), equivalent to light + foot + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|liȝtfoted}} Middle English liȝtfoted, {{af|en|light|foot|-ed}} light + foot + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} light-footed
  1. simple past and past participle of light-foot, ran. Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: light-foot, ran
    Sense id: en-light-footed-en-verb-JubupEUF Categories (other): Inflections with a red link for lemma

Alternative forms

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