Word.ws English Dictionary

limboid

limboid adjective: having a likeness or similarity to the conditions of limbo or to those held therein.

Adjective

limboid (comparative more limboid, superlative most limboid)

  1. Having a likeness or similarity to the conditions of limbo or to those held therein.
    • Whole legions of the maimed and mute and crooked deployed over the streets in a limboid vapor of smoke and fog.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 168

Forms of limboid

comparativemore limboid
superlativemost limboid

Origin of limboid

From limbo + -oid.

Questions about limboid

What does limboid mean?
Limboid means having a likeness or similarity to the conditions of limbo or to those held therein.
What part of speech is limboid?
Limboid is an adjective.

Words near limboid in the dictionary

  1. limbo skating
  2. limboed
  3. limboer
  4. limboers
  5. limboes
  6. limboid
  7. limboing
  8. limbokeratoplasties
  9. limbokeratoplasty
  10. limbolike
  11. limbos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: limboid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “limboid.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/limboid. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.