Limp definition
A person who lets all his muscles go slack is an example of a person who is limp.
Lettuce that is old and wilty is an example of lettuce that would be described as limp.
When you walk after you hurt your ankle and cannot put pressure on it, this is an example of a situation where you limp.
The bomber limped home on one engine.
The project limped along with half its previous funding.
Limp political opposition.
Limp, wet hair; an arm hanging limp over the side of the bed.
Origin of limp
- Probably from obsolete lymphault lame from Old English lemphealt lemp- hanging loosely -healt lame, limping
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern"), from Proto-Germanic *limpanÄ… (“to glide, go, suit"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply"). Cognate with Scots limp (“to chance to be, come"), Middle Low German gelimpen (“to moderate, treat mildly"), Middle High German limfen (“to suit, become").
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (found only in compound lemphealt (“limping"), from Proto-Germanic *limpanÄ… (“to hang down"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply"). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp"), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle"). See above.
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English *limpen, from Old English *limpan, *lympan, from Proto-Germanic *limpanÄ… (“to hang down"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply"). Cognate with Low German lumpen (“to limp"), German dialectal lampen (“to hang down loosely"), Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness").
From Wiktionary