spraddle-legged

[ sprad-l-leg-id, -legd ]

adjective

1. moving with or having the legs wide apart:

   a spraddle-legged walk.

adverb

1. with the legs sprawled, spread apart, etc.:

   sitting spraddle-legged on the chair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spraddle-legged¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

He was perhaps seven feet and a handful of inches tall, and was sitting, spraddle-legged, at the table.

From Project Gutenberg

Letha shrugged and leaned back against the tree trunk again, sitting spraddle-legged this time in the hope of catching Evon's eye.

From Project Gutenberg