English Explanatory Dictionary

footless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without feet.
  2. Clumsy or inept.

Word forms

footless more footless most footless

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

apodal apodous feetless

Antonyms

skillful adroit

Derived words

footlessly footlessness
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