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Limpest vs Jimpest - What's the difference?

limpest | jimpest |

As adjectives the difference between limpest and jimpest

is that limpest is (limp) while jimpest is (jimp).

As a verb limpest

is (archaic) (limp).

limpest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (limp)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (limp)

    • Anagrams

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    jimpest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (jimp)

    • jimp

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (dated, Scotland and N England) neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1899 , year_published=2007 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Neil Munro , title=Gilian the Dreamer , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Do I look so terrible old, Gilian, that you cannot think of me as not so bad-looking either, with a bonny eye, they said, and a jimp waist, and a foot like the honey-bee? }}
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1994 , year_published=2011 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=George MacDonald Fraser , title=Flashman and the Angel of the Lord , chapter= , url= , genre= , publisher=HarperCollins , isbn=9780007325696 , page= , passage=… Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze. }}
  • (dated, Scotland and N England) scant; barely sufficient.

    • See also

    * gimp ()