What does wing-footed mean?
Wing-footed means Having wings on the feet; very fast..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having wings on the feet; very fast..
And his wingfooted coursers him did beare / So fast away that, ere his readie speare / He could advance, he farre was gone and past […].
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.
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.
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Wing-footed means Having wings on the feet; very fast..
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And his wingfooted coursers him did beare / So fast away that, ere his readie speare / He could advance, he farre was gone and past […].
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