LEGGY (leggier, leggiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: leggier    , leggiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does leggy mean? 

• LEGGY (adjective)
  The adjective LEGGY has 2 senses:

1. (of plants) having tall spindly stems

2. having long legs

  Familiarity information: LEGGY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGGY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of plants) having tall spindly stems

Synonyms:

leggy; tall-growing

Similar:

tall (great in vertical dimension; high in stature)

Domain category:

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having long legs

Synonyms:

leggy; long-legged; long-shanked

Similar:

tall (great in vertical dimension; high in stature)

Derivation:

leg (a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg)

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

leg (a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion)

 Context examples 

The Brittany is a vigorous, medium-sized, leggy dog with a fairly short, lightly feathered single coat.

(Brittany Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)