Terms vs Gimpier - What's the difference?
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(gimpy)
limping, lame, with crippled legs.
* 1899 , Jacob A. Riis, "The Kid Hangs Up His Stocking", in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine , LIX:2, page 175.
* 1906 , "The Eathquake and After", in Current Literature , LX:6, page 576.
* 1917 , Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Those Times and These , page 186
exhibiting deficiencies associated with the derogatory term "gimp", such as might inspire discomfort or revulsion
As a noun terms
is .As an adjective gimpier is
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Adjective
(head)gimpy
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Adjective
(er)- Presently Gimpy , who limped, as his name indicated, spoke up.
- Gimpy Bill" is a cripple who sold lead-pencils in Market Street. His legs have been cut off almost to the hips, and he gets around on two little platforms,
- "Old guy downstairs, with long hair and a gimpy leg, handed me this yere and gimme fi' cents to fetch it up here to you," stated the messenger.
- One of the kittens has a gimpy eye.