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footless

adjective

  1. having no foot/feet (or limbs more generally)
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English fotles, from Old English *fōtlēas (only found as fēþelēas (“footless”)), from Proto-Germanic *fōtalausaz (“footless”), equivalent to foot + -less. Cognate with Dutch voetloos, German fußlos, Swedish fotlös, Icelandic fótalaus (“footless, legless”).

  1. Without feet.

    The snake is a footless creature.

  2. Clumsy or inept.