Wing-footed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wing-footed is an adjective meaning Having wings on the feet; very fast.
Meaning
Having wings on the feet; very fast.
Example Sentences
And his wingfooted coursers him did beare / So fast away that, ere his readie speare / He could advance, he farre was gone and past […].
In due time she gave birth to Autolycus, / A son of Mercury, wing-footed, as if born / With all his father's cleverness and speed, / He made white look like black and black like white.
He only can create the greatest imaginable beauty who has endured all imaginable pangs, for only when we have seen and foreseen what we dread shall we be rewarded by that dazzling, unforeseen, wing-footed wanderer.
Word Forms
- wingfooted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aliferous, batwinged, wing-handed, ornithopodous, flighty, subwinged.
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