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limboid

adj

Etymology

From limbo + -oid.

  1. derived from *leb-✻ — “to hang down loosely (?)”
  2. derived from *lemb-✻ — “to hang limply or loosely”
  3. derived from limbō
  4. inherited from limbo
  5. suffixed as limboid — “limbo + oid”

Definitions

  1. Having a likeness or similarity to the conditions of limbo or to those held therein.

    • Whole legions of the maimed and mute and crooked deployed over the streets in a limboid vapor of smoke and fog.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA