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limp
What does limp mean?
limp (verb): to walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce limp?
/lɪmp/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does limp come from?
From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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