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Definition: Leggy |
LeggyAdjective1. (of plants) having tall spindly stems. 2. Having long legs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: LeggySynonyms: long-legged (adj), long-shanked (adj), tall-growing (adj). (additional references) |
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Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Leggy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "Leggy" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 81.82% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Noun (proper) | 18.18% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
leggy | 175 | leggy long | 4 |
leggy pauline | 36 | kickline leggy | 4 |
blonde leggy | 28 | leggy pic | 4 |
lady leggy | 28 | leggy stocking | 4 |
babe leggy | 27 | leggy supermodel | 3 |
leggy woman | 26 | girl leggy teen | 3 |
leggy secretary | 14 | leggy mom | 3 |
girl leggy | 14 | leggy redhead | 3 |
leggy teen | 12 | leggy shemale | 3 |
leggy naked teen young | 11 | leggy lesbian | 3 |
leggy model | 10 | leggy mature | 3 |
beauty leggy | 8 | leggy nude | 2 |
butt leggy | 8 | gallery leggy | 2 |
leggy sluts | 5 | leggy red | 2 |
brunette leggy | 5 | amateur leggy | 2 |
leggy wife | 4 | escort leggy | 2 |
big john leggy wayne | 4 | leggy photo | 2 |
black leggy woman | 4 | leggy site | 2 |
asian leggy | 4 | jill leggy wife | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "leggy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | këmbëgjatë. (various references) | |
Arabic | طويل الساقين. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | източен (auroral, easterly, eastern, eastward, oriental, reedy, threadlike), дългокрак (rangy). (various references) | |
Czech | nohatý, dlouhonohý (long-legged, spindle-legged). (various references) | |
Farsi | پایه دار, پروپاچه دار. (various references) | |
French | aux longues jambes. (various references) | |
German | langbeinig (long-legged). (various references) | |
Greek | μακροπόδαροσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hosszú lábú. (various references) | |
Italian | dalle gambe lunghe e sottili. (various references) | |
Manx | sprangagh (asymmetric, disproportionate, irregular, knock-kneed, non-uniform, shuffling, waddle, waddling). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eggylay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pernilongo (crane-fly, daddy-long-legs, gnat, stilt), pernalto, de pernas tortas (bandy-legged). (various references) | |
Romanian | cu picioare (footed, pedate). (various references) | |
Russian | длинноногий (long-legged, rangy, spindle-legged). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dugonog (long-legged, spindle-legged). (various references) | |
Spanish | zanquilargo, zancudo (mosquito). (various references) | |
Swedish | långbent (rangy), med långa snygga ben. (various references) | |
Turkish | uzun bacaklı (long-legged, spindle-legged), bacakları uzun. (various references) | |
Turkmen | aяakly (fast). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | довгоногий (rangy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có cẳng d i phô b y đùi vế. (various references) | |
Welsh | heglog (long-legged). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Leggy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eggy, elgy, laggy, lagy, legay, leggr, leggs, leggys, legi, legl, legoy, lergie, lergy, liggy, loggy, luggey, luggie, luggy, Lugny, lugy, lurgy, seggxy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "leggy" (pronounced 'Leg"gy'): Baggy, Bilgy, Boggy, Bogy, Bulgy, Claggy, Clergy, Cloggy, Craggy, foggy, fringy, Froggy, Genesiolgy, groggy, jaggy, mangy, Maungy, Muggy, Naggy, Neuralgy, Nostalgy, Odontalgy, Otalgy, Philostorgy, Poggy, Quaggy, rangy, Ruggy, Sagy, scraggy, Scroggy, shaggy, Slaggy, sloggy, Sluggy, Snaggy, soggy, spongy, Spriggy, stagy, Surgy, Swaggy, twiggy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-l-y" | |
-1 letter: eggy, gleg, gley, yegg. | |
-2 letters: egg, gel, gey, leg, ley, lye. | |
-3 letters: el, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g-l-y" | |
+1 letter: glegly. | |
+2 letters: geology, gingely, gleying, greylag. | |
+3 letters: beggarly, doggedly, gargoyle, gemology, gingeley, gingelly, gingerly, gleyings, glycogen, gorgedly, greylags, jaggedly, jugglery, raggedly, ruggedly. | |
+4 letters: gargoyled, gargoyles, gemmology, genealogy, gingeleys, glengarry, glycogens, hedgingly. | |
+5 letters: angelology, engagingly, gallerying, gorgeously, gruelingly, gynecology, negligibly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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