feather-heeled

English

Adjective

feather-heeled (comparative more feather-heeled, superlative most feather-heeled)

1. (colloquial, archaic) nimble; frolicsome.

   Synonym: light-heeled

   • 1840, Thomas Hood, Up the Rine:

     The wit of the Germans is not feather-heeled; their humor is somewhat sedate

References

• “feather-heeled”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.