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adjective, limp·er, limp·est.
1.
lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
2.
lacking vitality; weary; tired; fatigued: Limp with exhaustion, she dropped into the nearest chair.
3.
without firmness, force, energy, etc., as of character: limp, spiritless prose.
4.
flexible; not stiff or rigid: a Bible in a limp leather binding.
Origin:
1700–10; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic limpa slackness, limpilegur soft, flabby
1700–10; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic limpa slackness, limpilegur soft, flabby
Related forms
limp·ly, adverb
limp·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. flabby, flaccid, soft. 2, 3. feeble, weak.
1. flabby, flaccid, soft. 2, 3. feeble, weak.
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World English Dictionary
limp1 (lɪmp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to walk with an uneven step, esp with a weak or injured leg |
| 2. | to advance in a labouring or faltering manner |
| —n | |
| 3. | an uneven walk or progress |
| [C16: probably a back formation from obsolete limphalt lame, from Old English lemphealt; related to Middle High German limpfen to limp] | |
| 'limper1 | |
| —n | |
| 'limping1 | |
| —adj, —n | |
| 'limpingly1 | |
| —adv | |
| limp1 (lɪmp) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to walk with an uneven step, esp with a weak or injured leg |
| 2. | to advance in a labouring or faltering manner |
| —n | |
| 3. | an uneven walk or progress |
| [C16: probably a back formation from obsolete limphalt lame, from Old English lemphealt; related to Middle High German limpfen to limp] | |
| 'limper1 | |
| —n | |
| 'limping1 | |
| —adj, —n | |
| 'limpingly1 | |
| —adv | |
| limp2 (lɪmp) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not firm or stiff |
| 2. | not energetic or vital |
| 3. | (of the binding of a book) not stiffened with boards |
| [C18: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Icelandic limpa looseness] | |
| 'limply2 | |
| —adv | |
| 'limpness2 | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
limp
c.1400, of uncertain origin, probably from O.E. lemphealt "halting, lame, limping," which has a lone cognate in the rare M.H.G. limphin, and probably ult. is from PIE base *lomb- "slack, loose, to hang down" (cf. Skt. lambate "hangs down," L. limbus "hem, border," M.H.G. lampen "to hang down").
limp
1706, "flaccid, drooping," of obscure origin, perhaps related to limp (v.).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
limp (lĭmp)
n.
An irregular, jerky, or awkward gait; a claudication. v. limped, limp·ing, limps
To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
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