Definition of Limpest

1. Adjective. (superlative of limp) ¹

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Definition of Limpest

1. limp [adj] - See also: limp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limpest

limp in
limp reraise
limp reraised
limp reraises
limp reraising
limpa
limpard
limpas
limped
limper
limpers
limpest (current term)
limpet
limpet mine
limpetlike
limpets
limpid
limpidities
limpidity
limpidly
limpidness
limpidnesses
limpin
limping
limping iamb
limpingly

Literary usage of Limpest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1884)
"... the briefest possible terms, printed on the thinnest of papers, and bound in the limpest of cloths, so as to go in any pocket. We can warmly commend it. ..."

2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"Sir James might not have originated this estimate; but a kind Providence furnishes the limpest personality with a little gum or starch in the form of ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1857)
"The flowing lines of her tall figure made the limpest dress look graceful, and her old frayed black silk seemed to repose on her bust and limbs with a ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1857)
"The flowing lines of her tall figure made the limpest dress look graceful, and her old frayed black silk seemed to repose on her bust and limbs with a ..."

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