Meaning

2 senses
  1. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

    a leger ambassador

  2. (obsolete)Light; slender, slim; trivial.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French legier, from Old French legier, apparently from Late Latin *le

Borrowed from Middle French legier, from Old French legier, apparently from Late Latin *leviārium, from levis (“light in weight”). See levity.

A variant of ledger.

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Forms

more leger, most leger
Comparativemore leger Lesson
Superlativemost leger Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlegerity

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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