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Lightfoot

//ˈlaɪtfʊt// adj, name

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

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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