Word.ws English Dictionary

limpwristed

limpwristed is the alternative form of limp-wristed.

Meaning of limp-wristed

Adjective

limp-wristed (comparative more limp-wristed, superlative most limp-wristed)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Limp, weak by nature; lacking strength.
  2. (derogatory, slang) Of a man: having effeminate qualities or characteristics perceived to be homosexual in nature.
    • Given the doubts about manhood in the postwar years, a rough sport like football helped to establish a hierarchy of competing masculinities that favored the sturdy athlete over his limp-wristed counterpart, the heterosexual linebacker over the homosexual fop.1998 August, Laura Mccall, Donald Yacovone, A Shared Experience: Men, Women, and the History of Gender (Science; 41), NYU Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 331

Forms of limpwristed

comparativemore limpwristed
superlativemost limpwristed

Questions about limpwristed

What is limpwristed the alternative form of?
Limpwristed is the alternative form of limp-wristed.

Words near limpwristed in the dictionary

  1. limpsey
  2. Limpsfield
  3. limpsome
  4. limpsy
  5. limpwrist
  6. limpwristed
  7. limpwrists
  8. limpy
  9. lims
  10. limu
  11. limu kohu

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: limpwristed (page history and authors); limp-wristed (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: “limpwristed.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/limpwristed. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.