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thighless en · ADJ

Etymology

From thigh + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without thighs.
    • But how he could paint such pictures is marvellous, for he was not only armless but thighless, his short legs being closely united to the trunk. 1883, Thomson Sharp, “Cæsar Ducornet, the wonderful cripple”, in Young England, volume 5, page 486:
    • Some manufacturers advocate the use of thighless legs whether the stumps are long or short, and pay little attention to the character of the extremities. 1907, George Edwin Marks, Manual of Artificial Limbs:
    • A bird’s-eye shot of the thighless legs of a seated figure is also common. 2008 May 25, Virginia Heffernan, “Narrow Minded”, in New York Times: