limp
Flaccid; flabby, resembling fleshFlaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
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» You're not limping anymore.
Ты больше не хромаешь. — odexed
Ти більше не шкутильгаєш. — deniko
Ви більше не шкутильгаєте. — deniko
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4 languagesExamples
48 sentencesMeaning
5 sensesFlaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.
Soft; weak, especially physically.
schwach, physisch schwach (med.)
Lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy.
a limp rope
More meanings 2
(slang)Not erect.
nicht erigiert (med.), schlaff
(slang)Not having an erection.
- without energy or will
- lacking or having lost rigidity
Origin
From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lempheFrom Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.
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Forms
limper, limpestSynonyms
1 synonyms- without energy or will:wilted
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.