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• limp — English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• limp — limp1 verb walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot. ↘(of a damaged ship or aircraft) proceed with difficulty. noun a limping gait. Origin ME: related to obs. limphalt lame , and prob. of Gmc origin. limp2 adjective 1》 not stiff or… …   English new terms dictionary

• limp — Ⅰ. limp [1] ► VERB 1) walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot. 2) (of a damaged ship or aircraft) proceed with difficulty. ► NOUN ▪ a limping gait. ORIGIN related to obsolete limphalt «lame». Ⅱ …   English terms dictionary

• limply — Ⅰ. limp [1] ► VERB 1) walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot. 2) (of a damaged ship or aircraft) proceed with difficulty. ► NOUN ▪ a limping gait. ORIGIN related to obsolete limphalt «lame». Ⅱ …   English terms dictionary

• limpness — Ⅰ. limp [1] ► VERB 1) walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot. 2) (of a damaged ship or aircraft) proceed with difficulty. ► NOUN ▪ a limping gait. ORIGIN related to obsolete limphalt «lame». Ⅱ …   English terms dictionary

• limp — English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was …   Word origins

• limp — 1. v. & n. v.intr. 1 walk lamely. 2 (of a damaged ship, aircraft, etc.) proceed with difficulty. 3 (of verse) be defective. n. a lame walk. Derivatives: limper n. limpingly adv. Etymology: rel. to obs. limphalt lame, OE lemp healt 2. adj. 1 not… …   Useful english dictionary

• lymphault — obs. form of limphalt …   Useful english dictionary

• lympold — † lympold, v. Obs. [? f. *lympold, var. of limphalt a.] trans. To defeat (an opponent) at tables by one of the two methods recognized by the laws of the game. Hence lympolding. a 1400 [see lurching vbl. n.2] …   Useful english dictionary