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limpy

limpy adjective: having or resembling a limp.

Adjective

limpy (comparative more limpy, superlative most limpy)

  1. Having or resembling a limp.
    • The arguments ended, I would hear Dad's limpy gait coming up the stairs.2014, Betsy Connor Bowen, Croswell Bowen: A Writer's Life, a Daughter's Portrait, page 225

Forms of limpy

comparativemore limpy
superlativemost limpy

Origin of limpy

From limp + -y.

Words formed from limpy

Words that rhyme with limpy

Questions about limpy

What does limpy mean?
Limpy means having or resembling a limp.
What part of speech is limpy?
Limpy is an adjective.

Words near limpy in the dictionary

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

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