leggy

[leg-ee]

adjective

leggier, leggiest 

1. having awkwardly long legs.

2. having long, attractively shaped legs.

   a group of tanned, leggy swimmers.

3. of, relating to, or characterized by showing the legs.

   a leggy stage show.

4. (of plants) long and thin; spindly.

leggy

/ ˈlɛɡɪ /

adjective

1. having unusually long legs

2. (of a woman) having long and shapely legs

3. (of a plant) having an unusually long and weak stem

4. (esp of a sportsperson) sluggish or fatigued; having tired legs

Other Word Forms

• legginess noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of leggy¹

First recorded in 1780–90; leg + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Seeing him paw the ground and whinny only served to emphasize how leggy and coltish he had become.

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Isak gradually worked his way into the game, but started to look leggy as the first half came to a close.

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The party scenes with leggy dancers, meant to be decadent, are inoffensive.

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He says this seriously, even though he’s striding around Streisand’s 3-acre property like a leggy teenager.

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With a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider in a small plastic pot.

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Related Words

• awkward 
• bony 
• gawky 
• lanky 
• rangy 
• skinny 
• spindly 
• tall