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adjective, limp·er, limp·est.
lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
lacking vitality; weary; tired; fatigued: Limp with exhaustion, she dropped into the nearest chair.
without firmness, force, energy, etc., as of character: limp, spiritless prose.
flexible; not stiff or rigid: a Bible in a limp leather binding.
Origin of limp
21700–10; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic limpa slackness, limpilegur soft, flabby
Synonyms for limp
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Related Words for limper
supple, listless, soft, flabby, hitch, shuffle, waddle, falter, stagger, hop, hobble, stumble, bending, plastic, wearied, debilitated, weakened, tired, exhausted, relaxedExamples from the Web for limper
Historical Examples of limper
Even the limper, in spite of all my search, had got off and was not to be found.
Limper, the ostler, got "Grey Bobby" from the stable, and put him into the harness.
Lancashire SketchesEdwin Waugh
He had come in loungingly, and he went out loungingly; but he was limper after the interview than before it.
Mrs. ThompsonWilliam Babington Maxwell
The event is described in the metrical history of Rouen, composed by a minstrel ycleped Poirier, the limper.
Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I. (of 2)Dawson Turner
The victim gradually became paler and limper, until Maskull held a corpse in his arms.
A Voyage to ArcturusDavid Lindsay
limp
1verb (intr)
noun
Word Origin for limp
C16: probably a back formation from obsolete limphalt lame, from Old English lemphealt; related to Middle High German limpfen to limp
limp
2adjective
Word Origin for limp
C18: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Icelandic limpa looseness
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