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Definition of Light-footed
1. Adjective. (of movement) having a light and springy step. "A light-footed girl"
Definition of Light-footed
1. Adjective. Fleet, swift, not plodding, capable of running spritely. ¹
2. Verb. (past of light-foot), ran. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Light-footed
Literary usage of Light-footed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"... the light-footed steed of the pen has not found permission to proceed on the
plain of prolixity."—Ibid. " THE Jonas of day descends into the belly of ..."
2. The Tyro's Greek and English Lexicon: Or a Compendium in English of the by John Jones, Christian Tobias Damm, Friedrich Wilhelm Struz, Johann Friedrich Schleusner, Johann Schweighäuser (1825)
"... oí/, having beautiful ancles, light-footed, fair and airy, II. i. 553.
fairly bright, Hipp. .... lightfooted ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1880)
"With rapture heavy-laden, My heart beats wild and high, When she, light-footed
maiden, With airy step float» by ! A veil of dazzling whiteness About her ..."
4. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"It appeared that two light- footed soldiers had been teasing a huge, ... One of
the light-footed soldiers turned upon him red-faced and violent. ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1871)
"When she, light-footed mai Icn, With airy step floats hy ! Narcissus flowers,
and roses, Around her robe are twining ; Its purple hem discloses Her foot, ..."
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