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legginess

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leg⋅gy

  [leg-ee]
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–adjective, -gi⋅er, -gi⋅est.
1. having awkwardly long legs.
2. having long, attractively shaped legs: a group of tanned, leggy swimmers.
3. of, pertaining to, or characterized by showing the legs: a leggy stage show.
4. (of plants) long and thin; spindly.
Origin:
1780–90; leg + -y 1

Related forms:
leg⋅gi⋅ness, noun
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leg·gy   (lěg'ē)   
adj.   leg·gi·er, leg·gi·est

  1. Having disproportionately long legs: a leggy colt.

  2. Informal Having attractively long, slender legs: a leggy dancer.

  3. Having long, spindly, often leafless stems: a leggy houseplant.

leg'gi·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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