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limpard

noun

Etymology

From limp + -ard.

  1. inherited from *(s)lemb-✻
  2. inherited from *limpaną✻ — “to hang down”
  3. inherited from *limpan✻
  4. inherited from limpan
  5. inherited from limpen — “to fall short”
  6. suffixed as limpard — “limp + ard”

Definitions

  1. One who limps

    One who limps; a cripple.

    • For most translators are, as Sir Thomas himself would have it, but sottish and doting fresh-water sophisters, gouty limpards, and a thousand worse things, for they turn the strong brews of their originals into thin vinegarish liquors.

The neighborhood

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