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legged

adj.
B1 Intermediate US //ˈɫɛɡd// legged

adj. having a specific number or type of legs. You usually use this word with another word in front of it, like 'four-legged'.

adj. having legs of a specified kind or number. Almost exclusively used in combination with a preceding modifier to form a compound adjective.


SIMPLE

A spider is an eight-legged creature.

CONTEXTUAL

The old wooden table was a sturdy, three-legged piece of furniture that fit perfectly in the corner.

COMPLEX

Biologists observed that the long-legged wading birds were better adapted to hunting in the deeper sections of the marsh than their shorter-limbed counterparts.

Antonyms
Etymology 1

From Middle English legged, leggyd, equivalent to leg (“noun”) + -ed.

Etymology 2

From leg (“verb”) + -ed.

Usage

Typically functions as the second element of a compound adjective (e.g., 'long-legged', 'four-legged').

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