LEGGY


Meaning of LEGGY in English

legē, -gi adjective

( -er/-est )

1. : having conspicuous legs: as

a. : having disproportionately long legs especially as a result of immature or faulty development

a long, thin, leggy , gawky boy — A.J.Beveridge

using leggy … high-withered animals for cavalry horses — C.F.Rooks

b. : having long, well-formed, and attractive legs

a girl in a red outfit …, lithe and leggy and of course attractive — Commonweal

c.

(1) : spindly — used of a plant or seedling

the plants will become leggy and straggly — Helen M. Fox

(2) : having few or no lower branches

beneath old leggy shrubs — Nature Magazine

2. : characterized by a display of legs

leggy photography

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.