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limbolike

noun

Etymology

From limbo + -like.

  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 limbolike — “limbo + like”

Definitions

  1. A 2D platform-puzzle video game, often with a melancholy theme, similar to Limbo.

    • Silt, The Cub, Planet of Lana, and similar platformers demand a new term: the ‘Limbolike’.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of limbo.

    • The hall’s organ, a personal gift of Miss Tully herself, remains absent, dismantled and resting in limbolike storage in upstate New York.

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