light-heeledとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: lītʹhēld

形容詞

light-heeled (comparative lighter-heeled または more light-heeled, superlative lightest-heeled または 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

同意語

• (of loose character): incontinent, unchaste, wanton

参照

• The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914