limpy

limpy

English

Etymology

limp +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪmpi

Adjective

limpy (comparative more limpy, superlative most limpy)

1. Having or resembling a limp.
   • 2014, Betsy Connor Bowen, Croswell Bowen: A Writer's Life, a Daughter's Portrait (page 225)

     The arguments ended, I would hear Dad's limpy gait coming up the stairs.

Derived terms

• limpiness