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View synonyms for imp.
imp.
1abbreviation for
- in the first place.
Imp.
2abbreviation for
- Emperor.
imp.
3abbreviation for
- imperative.
- imperfect.
- imperial.
- impersonal.
- implement.
- import.
- important.
- imported.
- importer.
- imprimatur.
- imprint.
- improper.
- improved.
- improvement.
Imp.
4abbreviation for
- Empress.
imp
5[ imp ]
noun
verb (used with object)
- Falconry.
- to graft (feathers) into a wing.
- to furnish (a wing, tail, etc.) with feathers, as to make good losses or deficiencies and improve powers of flight.
- Archaic. to add a piece to; mend or repair.
IMP
6- International Match Point.
imp
1/ ɪmp /
noun
- a small demon or devil; mischievous sprite
- a mischievous child
verb
- tr falconry to insert (new feathers) into the stumps of broken feathers in order to repair the wing of a hawk or falcon
imp.
2abbreviation for
- imperative
- imperfect
- imperial
- imprimatur
Imp.
3abbreviation for
- Imperator
- Imperatrix
- Imperial
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Word History and Origins
Origin of imp.1
From the Latin word imprīmīs
Origin of imp.2
From the Latin word Imperātor
Origin of imp.3
From the Latin word Imperātrīx
Origin of imp.4
before 900; (noun) Middle English impe, Old English impa, impe shoot, graft < Late Latin impotus, imputus grafted shoot < Greek émphytos planted, implanted, verbal adjective of emphŷein to implant ( em- em- 2 + phŷein to bring forth); (v.) Middle English impen to plant, graft, Old English impian, geimpian, derivative of the noun (compare Old High German impfōn, impitōn > German impfen to inoculate); sense “demon” < phrase imp of the devil
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Word History and Origins
Origin of imp.1
Old English impa bud, graft, hence offspring, child, from impian to graft, ultimately from Greek emphutos implanted, from emphuein to implant, from phuein to plant
Origin of imp.2
(for sense 1) Latin: Emperor; (for sense 2) Latin: Empress
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