spindle-legged
8.5
A thing like a chair or bird with long, thin legs that look delicate
- adjective
- /ˈspɪndəlˌlɛɡɪd/
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delgado
- She began replacing the comfortable sofas and chairs with spindle-legged fragilities in which most people were rightly afraid to sit.
Examples
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The artist's delicate statue stood atop a spindle-legged table, enhancing its elegance.
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She wore a beautiful dress that flowed gracefully over her spindle-legged silhouette.
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The chair design featured slender, spindle-legged supports that added a touch of sophistication.
Synonyms
spindly
vsspindle-legged
11
6.2
Long, thin, and looking weak, often said about plants or people
emphasizes slim elegant legs rather than structural weakness
leggy
vsspindle-legged
6
4.6
A person or animal with long legs compared to the rest of the body
focuses on slim delicate leg shape rather than mere length
long-legged
vsspindle-legged
3
2.8
Having legs that are longer than the rest of the body
stresses slender delicate legs rather than simple proportional length
spindle-shanked
vsspindle-legged
9.0
A person or animal with long thin legs
has identical meaning but uses a different word form
How Slender
Surface Forms
spindle-legged positive
Morphology
Etymology
Spindle-legged comes from spindle, a thin rod used to 'spin' thread, and -legged, meaning 'having legs'. So it paints a picture of legs that are long, thin and delicate like a spindle, which is why the word means 'having long, slender legs'.