Lightfoot

//ˈlaɪtfʊt// adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Light-footed. not-comparable, poetic

    "There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the nickname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable

Example

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"On April 22, 65-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot will begin a 35-date North American tour. He'll be promoting his 2004 album Harmony, which he released after suffering a near-fatal abdominal hemorrhage in 2002. Lightfoot was in a coma for six weeks following surgery and spent three months in the hospital."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English light-fot, light-foot, from light (adjective) + fot, foot (noun). See more at light, foot.

Etymology 2

From light + foot, a nickname for a messenger or fast runner.

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