limbus
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of limbus1
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin; Latin: limbus 2
Origin of limbus2
1665–75; < New Latin, Latin
Example Sentences
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Both took stem cells from the limbus, the circular area of the eye that surrounds the cornea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rome, with its fever in Summer and rheumatism and pneumonia in Winter, has sent many an artist to limbus.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Hubbard, Elbert
Some by hell understand the place of the damned, some limbus partum, others the wrath of God, others the grave.
From An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles by Southwell, Charles
Maeterlinck sets us figures in the foreground only to launch us into that limbus.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen
We may well reciprocate his suggestion, and say that such doctrines belong to the limbus fatuorum, and, if enjoyed as Mr. Ward enjoys them, they may well be called the “fool’s paradise.”
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
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