feather-heeled
English
editAdjective
editfeather-heeled (comparative more feather-heeled, superlative most feather-heeled)
- (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
edit- “feather-heeled”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.