light-heeled

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English

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Etymology

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From light (lacking weight, adjective) +‎ heeled (having heels, adjective).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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light-heeled (comparative lighter-heeled or more light-heeled, superlative lightest-heeled or most light-heeled)

  1. (archaic) Nimble or lively in walking or running; swift of foot.
  2. (obsolete) Of loose character; not chaste; immoral. Literally, as if by the flying up of the heels, one is apt to fall flat on their back.[1]
    a light-heeled wench

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Francis Grose (1796) “Light-heeled”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 3rd edition, London: Hooper & Co.:A light-heeled wench; one who is apt, by the flying up of her heels, to fall flat on her back, a willing wench.