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footless.

Without feet.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Without feet.

    The snake is a footless creature.
  2. Clumsy or inept.

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

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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