leggish

leggish

English

Etymology

From leg +‎ -ish.

Adjective

leggish (comparative more leggish, superlative most leggish)

1. Characterised by legs; leggy
   • 1993, James Thurber, Middle Aged Man and Flying:

     Uncle Lawrence always said Adrian Mont knew tables." The older man gave up his study of the card tables. "Rather leggish. But they hold up.

   • 2005, Ping-ping Chen, ‎Nico Nieser, ‎Herbert Zettel, The Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Bugs:

     When disturbed, all individuals move rapidly back and forth (a behaviour also observed in other ptilomerine genera), presenting a confusing picture of jumping greenish, leggish dots.

2. Resembling a leg
   • 2002, Rachel Bush, The Unfortunate Singer:

     Except for its four leggish bits there it has no equine mannerism, structure, or demeanour.

   • 2007, R. M. Meluch, The Sagittarius Command:

     The white bodies developed short stubby leggish appendages, with a single large sucker orifice ringed and ringed with little teeth.

   • 2012, C Taylor, Group of Death:

     Fucking relief. I look down at my cock, wink at it, feel the threat of Hagop's leggish member disappear, the weight lifting off me like a lead ottoman finally levered off a gasping sous chef. '

Synonyms

• leglike

Anagrams

• higgles, shiggle