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one-legged en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈwʌnˌlɛɡəd/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From one + legged.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having only one leg.
2. (not-comparable) Of an audio signal: having a thin sound as a result of connection through only one wire of a circuit pair.
   • […] obviously wrong termination is likely to lead to a thin 'one-legged' sound with significant loss of level, and/or distortion. 2000, Philip Richard Newell, Project Studios: A More Professional Approach, page 40:
   • […] you have to bear in mind that your sound files in these circumstances will have a one legged stereo recording. 2013, Tim Crook, The Sound Handbook, page 100:

Relateds

biped · three-legged · two-legged · four-legged · one-armed · quadruped

Synonyms

monopedal · unipedal · monoped · uniped

Translations (27)

ka ერთფეხა (having only one leg) · te ఒంటికాలి (having only one leg) · be аднано́гі (having only one leg) · ka ცალფეხა (having only one leg) · ru одноно́гий (having only one leg) · pl jednonogi (having only one leg) · es a coxcox (having only one leg) · de einbeinig (having only one leg) · sk jednonohý (having only one leg) · da enbenet (having only one leg) · alt јаҥыс бутту (having only one leg) · is einfættur (having only one leg) · es one-leggedly: a la pata coja (having only one leg) · fi yksijalkainen (having only one leg) · cs jednonohý (having only one leg) · pt perneta (having only one leg) · fr unijambiste (having only one leg) · es a la coxcojita (having only one leg) · uk одноно́гий (having only one leg) · es a coxcojita (having only one leg) · grc μονοσκελής (having only one leg) · alt сыҥар бутту (having only one leg) · nl eenbenig (having only one leg) · ka ერთფეხიანი (having only one leg) · sv enbent (having only one leg) · pt coxo (having only one leg) · bg еднокра́к (having only one leg)

one-legged en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwʌnˌlɛɡəd/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From one + legged.

Meanings

1. A plant, especially a tree.
   • In other words, people engage in communicative relationships not only with other people, but also with four-leggeds, one-leggeds, and no-leggeds, with trees, plants, and rocks, with the sun, moon, and stars, ... 2000, Lois J. Einhorn, The Native American Oral Tradition: Voices of the Spirit and Soul, →ISBN:
   • The arrow, for instance, combines gifts of stone for the head (from no-leggeds, who live within the Earth), wood for the shaft (from one-leggeds, trees, who unite Earth and Sky, and resembling the bole), and feathers (from two-leggeds, who live in the Sky); the stone is its head (Thoreau called arrowheads "fossilized thoughts"), the shaft its body, the feathers its wings. 2012, James David Audlin, The Circle of Life, →ISBN, page 256:
   • We were talking about how Catolicos seemed to not see the one-leggeds and four-leggeds as sacred. 2011, Cynthia Dawn, Indigena: A Novel Celebrating the Spirit of Cinco De Mayo, →ISBN, page 113:

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