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# legless

adjective (legless)

«legless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having no legs: a legless lizard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#m1)
2. (UK, slang) Very drunk, so drunk that a person cannot stand or walk properly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science a «legless lizard» or snakes are legless animals; it helps when sorting animals by body parts. In British and Irish everyday talk «legless» means badly drunk; in stories it shows a grown-up who drank far too much — a warning about alcohol.

### Examples

- A snake is a legless reptile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#x1)
- The slow-worm is a legless lizard, not a snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#x2)
- Worms are legless, but they still move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#x3)
- The old table stood legless in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#x4)
- (UK, slang) He got legless at the wedding and had to be taken home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#x5)
- (slang) They were completely legless after the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#x6)
- Armless wanted to plunge in straightway, but Legless shrieked, "Wait, brother! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/#x7)

### Note

Built from leg + -less («without»). The slang sense is only for adults drinking and is informal. In counting problems a legless animal adds 0 legs to the total.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «legless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«legless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/legless.html) on Mova free.