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Light-footed

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fast on one's feet, not plodding; nimble, agile.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of movement) having a light and springy step wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of light-foot, ran. form-of, participle, past

    "We light-footed it out of there before we were caught."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English liȝtfoted, liht fotyd, alteration of earlier lyghtfote, liȝtt-fot (“light-footed”), equivalent to light + foot + -ed.

Etymology 2

From Middle English liȝtfoted, liht fotyd, alteration of earlier lyghtfote, liȝtt-fot (“light-footed”), equivalent to light + foot + -ed.

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