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jimper

jimper is the comparative form of jimp.

Meaning of jimp

Adjective

jimp (comparative jimper, superlative jimpest)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dated) neat; trim; delicate
    • Do I look so terrible old, Gilian, that you cannot think of me as not so bad-looking either, with a bonny eye, they said, and a jimp waist, and a foot like the honey-bee?1899, Neil Munro, Gilian the Dreamer, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2007
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, dated) scant; barely sufficient.

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Questions about jimper

What is jimper the comparative form of?
Jimper is the comparative form of jimp.

Words near jimper in the dictionary

  1. jimmying
  2. jimmying up
  3. jimmyproof
  4. Jimmys
  5. jimp
  6. jimper
  7. jimpest
  8. jimpies
  9. jimping
  10. jimply
  11. jimpness

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