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limmer

/ˈlɪmə/

limmer noun: a rogue; a low, base fellow.

Noun

limmer (plural limmers)

  1. (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
    • Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...
  2. A promiscuous woman.
    • Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer, would have been to do her a wrong.1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art and Lies
  3. A limehound; a leamer.
  4. A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
  5. A manrope at the side of a ladder.

Adjective

limmer (comparative more limmer, superlative most limmer)

  1. Limber; flexible (either physically or morally).
    • Then the limmer Scottes ared me, burnt my guddes, and made deadlie feede on me and my barnes.1564, Bullein, Dialogue
    • The roote is long and very limmer, spreading his bráches both large and long under the earth and doth oftentimes let, hinder, & staye both the plough and Dren in toyling the ground, for they be so tough and limmer, that the share & colter of the plough cannot easily divide and cut them asunder.1578, Rembert Dodoens, A Nievve Herball, Or Historie of Plantes, page 669

Proper noun capitalized: Limmer

Limmer (plural Limmers)

  1. A surname.

Examples of limmer in a sentence

  • Auld plenishen out by was strew'd, Guid L--d but it was limmer; Some creepy stools, an' shelfs weel scower'd Tae hide the worm pict tim'er Tae sell that day.1844, Robert Huddleston, A Collection of Poems and Songs, on rural subjects, page 81:
  • If you ride with the hell-spawned reivers and live as a limmer thief then you must expect to be singed by hell's fire.2002, Linda Lea Castle, Embrace the Sun: The Vaudrys, page 13:

Forms of limmer

Noun
plurallimmers
Adjective
comparativemore limmer
superlativemost limmer
Proper noun
pluralLimmers

Origin of limmer

Uncertain; perhaps from limb, or French limier; see leamer.

Various origins: * English occupational surname for an illuminator of manuscripts, from Middle English luminour, lymnour. * Borrowed from German Limmer, an habitational surname from any of several places in Germany. * Borrowed from Dutch Limmer, from a Germanic personal name composed of Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”) + *mēraz (“famous, renowned”).

Words that rhyme with limmer

Questions about limmer

What does limmer mean?
Limmer means a rogue; a low, base fellow.
How do you use limmer in a sentence?
Auld plenishen out by was strew'd, Guid L--d but it was limmer; Some creepy stools, an' shelfs weel scower'd Tae hide the worm pict tim'er Tae sell that day.
What part of speech is limmer?
Limmer can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce limmer?
Limmer is pronounced /ˈlɪmə/.
What is the plural of limmer?
The plural of limmer is limmers.

Words near limmer in the dictionary

  1. limma
  2. Limmared
  3. limmas
  4. Limmat
  5. limme
  6. limmer
  7. limmers
  8. limmes
  9. limmu
  10. limmus
  11. limn

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