leglessadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈlɛɡləs/, U.S.

/ˈlɛɡləs/

Forms: see leg n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: leg n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < leg n. + -less suffix. With sense A. 3 compare earlier footless adj. 3.

A. adj.

1. Of a person or object: having no legs; deprived of legs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adjective] > deprived of legs

leglessc1390

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having

leglessc1390

bow-legged1552

crook-legged1580

shackle-hammed1592

baker-kneed1611

baker-legged1611

buckle-hammed1629

out-shinned1682

bandy-legged1688

crooked-legged1691

shackled-ham'd1733

badger-legged1738

tailor-legged1768

knock-kneed1774

scissor-legged1880

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 156 (MED) He was Counseyled hewe of his leg Þen longe to suffre so..Þerfore hym þouȝte beter legles Þen so to suffre þer-wyþ.

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. ix. sig. L3 A leglesse body is my kingdomes mappe.

1648 D. Lloyd Legend Capt. Iones Continued 8 A capon garnished with slic'd lemmons stood Before him, which he tore as he were wood; And made it leglesse ere he made a pause.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Orchis, sive Cynorchis militaris The spiked Head of Flowers stand somewhat separate, each Flower being like unto a Man, whose Body has had the Arms and Legs cut off.., resembling a legless Soldier with his Helmet on.

1829 E. Elliott Village Patriarch i. 9 Legless soldier, borne In dog-drawn car.

1859 G. H. Lewes Physiol. Common Life II. xii. 382 Progenitors of armless and legless babies.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 65 One of those sleeveless, legless, circus-rider's tunics.

1919 B. W. Sinclair Burned Bridges xxvii. 274 Armless, legless men, halt and lame, gassed and shrapnel-scarred.

1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 160 Neal was frightfully waked up by the legless man on the rollerboard.

1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman viii. 80 The rocking horse was legless.., the pedal car was a write-off, and the Wendy house had been trampled flat.

2009 E. Wyld After Fire, Still Small Voice (2010) xiv. 175 They sat, the three of them, on legless beach chairs.

2. Of an animal: naturally lacking legs.See also legless lizard n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > having no legs

legless1787

1787 M. Martin Observ. Marine Vermes II. 14 The Larva (Eruca) is succulent, apterous, & barren; comparatively soft, large, and slow; often legless, and often many legged.

1848 C. Lanman Angler in Canada 207 His [sc. a seal's] clumsy and legless body.

1865 Atlantic Mon. May 525/1 That a legless, wingless creature [sc. a snake] should move with such ease and rapidity where only birds and squirrels are considered at home..was truly surprising.

1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. iii. 69 The larvæ of ants..are small, white, legless grubs.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses v. 129 Instead of a worm there is a legless brownish body, with pads (wing-pads) at its sides.

1986 S. Hubbell Country Year (1987) Summer 66 Inside, his body parts melt down and reconstitute themselves into a legless, pupa-like protonymph.

2007 M. O'Shea Boas & Pythons World 10/2 The Diploglossa includes the Anguidae, which contains the legless European Slow Worm,..American ‘glass-snakes’, [etc.].

3. slang (now chiefly British). Extremely drunk; (sometimes) spec. too drunk to stand upright. Cf. sense B., footless adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk

drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350

to-drunka1382

as drunk as the devilc1400

sow-drunk1509

fish-drunk1591

swine-drunk1592

gone1603

far gone1616

reeling drunk1620

soda1625

souseda1625

blind1630

full1631

drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652

as full (or tight) as a tick1678

clear1688

drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700

as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727

as drunk as a piper1728

blind-drunkc1775

bitch foua1796

blootered1820

whole-seas over1820

three sheets in the wind1821

as drunk as a loon1830

shellaced1881

as drunk as a boiled owl1886

stinking1887

steaming drunk1892

steaming with drink1897

footless1901

legless1903

plastered1912

legless drunk1926

stinko1927

drunk as a pissant1930

kaylied1937

langers1949

stoned1952

smashed1962

shit-faced1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

trashed1966

faced1968

stoned1968

steaming1973

langered1979

annihilated1980

obliterated1984

wankered1992

muntered1998

1903 N.Y. Times 24 May 32/7 The Captain's wife made punch... Eight bells struck, and the cook had to relieve the wheel, but he was almost legless, so I had to take his turn.

1975 A. Fairweather Low (title of song) Wide eyed and legless.

1977 O.D. No. 3. 4/2 Gigs were a cheap way of getting pissed. We were usually legless by half 8.

1982 B. Beaumont Thanks to Rugby xiii. 176 Jeff Squire was doctoring each drink with..vodka. By the end Noel was plastered and legless.

2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Features section) Some people can drink fantastic quantities of alcohol without showing any signs of drunkenness, while others..only have to walk into a pub to become completely legless.

B. adv.

Originally U.S. legless drunk: = sense A. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk

drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350

to-drunka1382

as drunk as the devilc1400

sow-drunk1509

fish-drunk1591

swine-drunk1592

gone1603

far gone1616

reeling drunk1620

soda1625

souseda1625

blind1630

full1631

drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652

as full (or tight) as a tick1678

clear1688

drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700

as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727

as drunk as a piper1728

blind-drunkc1775

bitch foua1796

blootered1820

whole-seas over1820

three sheets in the wind1821

as drunk as a loon1830

shellaced1881

as drunk as a boiled owl1886

stinking1887

steaming drunk1892

steaming with drink1897

footless1901

legless1903

plastered1912

legless drunk1926

stinko1927

drunk as a pissant1930

kaylied1937

langers1949

stoned1952

smashed1962

shit-faced1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

trashed1966

faced1968

stoned1968

steaming1973

langered1979

annihilated1980

obliterated1984

wankered1992

muntered1998

1844 C. Baron-Wilson Our Actresses I. xi. 175 He relied upon the archbishop being sober, although the monarch might be leglessly drunk!]

1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 180 She poured liquor into the bums, beggars, ragtags, and bobtails that hung around the saloons till they were legless drunk.

1930 Harper's Mag. 160 307 The ‘blacksmith’ came out to make sure it was safe to explode the dynamite, and discovered his helper legless drunk.

1990 D. Bond Steady, Old Man! vii. 177 The purpose was to get us all legless drunk and they succeeded.

2012 C. Coslett Lawyers at Work x. 176 They..got me legless drunk,..and..had me interview with a partner wearing a full-head chimpanzee mask.

Compounds

legless lizard n. any lizard that lacks legs (or has vestigial legs), giving it a snake-like or worm-like appearance; esp. a member of the Australasian family Pygopodidae or the American family Anniellidae.

ΚΠ

1855 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 327 The Blind-worm is not a snake, as generally supposed, but a legless lizard of the Skink family.

1930 G. Poteet in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 126 The ‘glass snake’ is actually a legless lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis ).

2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 298/1 Infraorder Anguimorpha includes Glass lizards and Alligator lizards (Anguidae), Legless lizards (Annelidae [sic]), Rock lizards (Xenosauridae), [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	legless
释义	leglessadj.adv. Brit. /ˈlɛɡləs/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡləs/ Forms: see leg n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: leg n., -less suffix. Etymology: < leg n. + -less suffix. With sense A. 3 compare earlier footless adj. 3. A. adj. 1. Of a person or object: having no legs; deprived of legs. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adjective] > deprived of legs leglessc1390 the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having leglessc1390 bow-legged1552 crook-legged1580 shackle-hammed1592 baker-kneed1611 baker-legged1611 buckle-hammed1629 out-shinned1682 bandy-legged1688 crooked-legged1691 shackled-ham'd1733 badger-legged1738 tailor-legged1768 knock-kneed1774 scissor-legged1880 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 156 (MED) He was Counseyled hewe of his leg Þen longe to suffre so..Þerfore hym þouȝte beter legles Þen so to suffre þer-wyþ. 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. ix. sig. L3 A leglesse body is my kingdomes mappe. 1648 D. Lloyd Legend Capt. Iones Continued 8 A capon garnished with slic'd lemmons stood Before him, which he tore as he were wood; And made it leglesse ere he made a pause. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Orchis, sive Cynorchis militaris The spiked Head of Flowers stand somewhat separate, each Flower being like unto a Man, whose Body has had the Arms and Legs cut off.., resembling a legless Soldier with his Helmet on. 1829 E. Elliott Village Patriarch i. 9 Legless soldier, borne In dog-drawn car. 1859 G. H. Lewes Physiol. Common Life II. xii. 382 Progenitors of armless and legless babies. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 65 One of those sleeveless, legless, circus-rider's tunics. 1919 B. W. Sinclair Burned Bridges xxvii. 274 Armless, legless men, halt and lame, gassed and shrapnel-scarred. 1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 160 Neal was frightfully waked up by the legless man on the rollerboard. 1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman viii. 80 The rocking horse was legless.., the pedal car was a write-off, and the Wendy house had been trampled flat. 2009 E. Wyld After Fire, Still Small Voice (2010) xiv. 175 They sat, the three of them, on legless beach chairs. 2. Of an animal: naturally lacking legs.See also legless lizard n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > having no legs legless1787 1787 M. Martin Observ. Marine Vermes II. 14 The Larva (Eruca) is succulent, apterous, & barren; comparatively soft, large, and slow; often legless, and often many legged. 1848 C. Lanman Angler in Canada 207 His [sc. a seal's] clumsy and legless body. 1865 Atlantic Mon. May 525/1 That a legless, wingless creature [sc. a snake] should move with such ease and rapidity where only birds and squirrels are considered at home..was truly surprising. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. iii. 69 The larvæ of ants..are small, white, legless grubs. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses v. 129 Instead of a worm there is a legless brownish body, with pads (wing-pads) at its sides. 1986 S. Hubbell Country Year (1987) Summer 66 Inside, his body parts melt down and reconstitute themselves into a legless, pupa-like protonymph. 2007 M. O'Shea Boas & Pythons World 10/2 The Diploglossa includes the Anguidae, which contains the legless European Slow Worm,..American ‘glass-snakes’, [etc.]. 3. slang (now chiefly British). Extremely drunk; (sometimes) spec. too drunk to stand upright. Cf. sense B., footless adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350 to-drunka1382 as drunk as the devilc1400 sow-drunk1509 fish-drunk1591 swine-drunk1592 gone1603 far gone1616 reeling drunk1620 soda1625 souseda1625 blind1630 full1631 drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652 as full (or tight) as a tick1678 clear1688 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700 as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727 as drunk as a piper1728 blind-drunkc1775 bitch foua1796 blootered1820 whole-seas over1820 three sheets in the wind1821 as drunk as a loon1830 shellaced1881 as drunk as a boiled owl1886 stinking1887 steaming drunk1892 steaming with drink1897 footless1901 legless1903 plastered1912 legless drunk1926 stinko1927 drunk as a pissant1930 kaylied1937 langers1949 stoned1952 smashed1962 shit-faced1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 trashed1966 faced1968 stoned1968 steaming1973 langered1979 annihilated1980 obliterated1984 wankered1992 muntered1998 1903 N.Y. Times 24 May 32/7 The Captain's wife made punch... Eight bells struck, and the cook had to relieve the wheel, but he was almost legless, so I had to take his turn. 1975 A. Fairweather Low (title of song) Wide eyed and legless. 1977 O.D. No. 3. 4/2 Gigs were a cheap way of getting pissed. We were usually legless by half 8. 1982 B. Beaumont Thanks to Rugby xiii. 176 Jeff Squire was doctoring each drink with..vodka. By the end Noel was plastered and legless. 2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Features section) Some people can drink fantastic quantities of alcohol without showing any signs of drunkenness, while others..only have to walk into a pub to become completely legless. B. adv. Originally U.S. legless drunk: = sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350 to-drunka1382 as drunk as the devilc1400 sow-drunk1509 fish-drunk1591 swine-drunk1592 gone1603 far gone1616 reeling drunk1620 soda1625 souseda1625 blind1630 full1631 drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652 as full (or tight) as a tick1678 clear1688 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700 as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727 as drunk as a piper1728 blind-drunkc1775 bitch foua1796 blootered1820 whole-seas over1820 three sheets in the wind1821 as drunk as a loon1830 shellaced1881 as drunk as a boiled owl1886 stinking1887 steaming drunk1892 steaming with drink1897 footless1901 legless1903 plastered1912 legless drunk1926 stinko1927 drunk as a pissant1930 kaylied1937 langers1949 stoned1952 smashed1962 shit-faced1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 trashed1966 faced1968 stoned1968 steaming1973 langered1979 annihilated1980 obliterated1984 wankered1992 muntered1998 1844 C. Baron-Wilson Our Actresses I. xi. 175 He relied upon the archbishop being sober, although the monarch might be leglessly drunk!] 1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 180 She poured liquor into the bums, beggars, ragtags, and bobtails that hung around the saloons till they were legless drunk. 1930 Harper's Mag. 160 307 The ‘blacksmith’ came out to make sure it was safe to explode the dynamite, and discovered his helper legless drunk. 1990 D. Bond Steady, Old Man! vii. 177 The purpose was to get us all legless drunk and they succeeded. 2012 C. Coslett Lawyers at Work x. 176 They..got me legless drunk,..and..had me interview with a partner wearing a full-head chimpanzee mask. Compounds legless lizard n. any lizard that lacks legs (or has vestigial legs), giving it a snake-like or worm-like appearance; esp. a member of the Australasian family Pygopodidae or the American family Anniellidae. ΚΠ 1855 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 327 The Blind-worm is not a snake, as generally supposed, but a legless lizard of the Skink family. 1930 G. Poteet in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 126 The ‘glass snake’ is actually a legless lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis ). 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 298/1 Infraorder Anguimorpha includes Glass lizards and Alligator lizards (Anguidae), Legless lizards (Annelidae [sic]), Rock lizards (Xenosauridae), [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.c1390
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