legless

From Middle English legles, equivalent to leg +‎ -less.

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legless (comparative more legless, superlative most legless)

1. (not comparable) Without legs.

   Synonym: no-legged

   Antonym: legged

   a legless invertebrate

   • 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 479:

     Above the shield was the well-known Midland crest of a legless wyvern (a wyvern normally has two legs).

2. (slang) Too drunk to stand.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk

3. Going nowhere.

   That idea was legless.

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