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footspeed

noun

Etymology

From foot + speed.

  1. derived from *speh₁-✻
  2. derived from *spōaną✻
  3. derived from *spōan✻
  4. inherited from *spōdi✻
  5. inherited from spēd
  6. inherited from sped
  7. compounded as footspeed — “foot + speed”

Definitions

  1. The speed at which a person can move on foot.

    • The journey, however, is not all peaches and cream, and thick skin is as much of a necessity as footspeed and arm strength.

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