footless
footless · more footless · most footless
Without feetWithout feet.
Meaning
2 sensesWithout feet.
The snake is a footless creature.
having no feet or analogous appendages
(colloquial)Clumsy or inept.
Origin
From Middle English fotles, from Old English *fōtlēas (only found as fēþelēas (“footless”)From Middle English fotles, from Old English *fōtlēas (only found as fēþelēas (“footless”)), from Proto-Germanic *fōtalausaz (“footless”), equivalent to foot + -less. Cognate with Dutch voetloos, German fußlos, Swedish fotlös, Icelandic fótalaus (“footless, legless”).
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Forms
more footless, most footless| Comparative | more footless Lesson |
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| Superlative | most footless Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form