Nimble Definition

nĭmbəl
nimbler, nimblest
adjective
nimbler, nimblest
Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft.
Nimble fingers.
American Heritage
Mentally quick; quick-witted; alert.
A nimble mind.
Webster's New World
Showing mental quickness.
A nimble reply.
Webster's New World
Moving quickly and lightly.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Nimble

Adjective

Base Form:
nimble
Comparative:
nimbler
Superlative:
nimblest

Origin of Nimble

  • From Middle English nymel, nemel (“capable"), merger of Old English nÇ£mel (“receptive, quick to grasp") and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding"), both from niman (“to take") + -el, -ol (associative suffix). Compare German nehmen Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take"). More at nim.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English nemel from Old English nǣmel quick to seize numol quick at learning nem- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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