jimp

Or gimp

[jimp]

adjective

Scot. and North England.

1. slender; trim; delicate.

2. scant; barely sufficient.

Other Word Forms

• jimply adverb
• jimpness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of jimp¹

First recorded in 1500–10; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Listen for their “wheezy, husky ‘jimp‘ calls” at this time of year.

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Colorado COVID-19 cases are surging as the percentage of positive tests has surpassed 9% in recent weeks and hospitalizations jimp.

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"She's backit like a peacock; She's breastit like a swan; She's jimp about the middle; Her waist ye weel may span: Her waist ye weel may span,— She has a rolling eye; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay doun my head and die."

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He kist the Countess lips sae red,25 And her jimp white waist he cuddled O; She smoothed his beard wi' her luvely hand, And a' for her Gipsy laddie O. "And och," she cried, "that I should love thee, And ever wrong my Earlie O;30 I ken there's glamour in mine e'ee, To follow a Gipsy laddie O."

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"I ken you by your middle sae jimp, An' your merry-twinkling ee, That ye're the bonny lass i' the Cowdenknow,95 An' ye may weel seem for to be."

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