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Limper

Definition: Limper

Limper

Noun

1. Someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "limper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references)


Synonym: Limper

Synonym: hobbler (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Limper

Language Translations for "limper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

比较软绵绵. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

더 맥빠진. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imperlay

   

Portuguese

  

mancar (cripple, dot matrix printer, halter, hitch a ride, hobble, lame), coxo (cripple, hobbler, lame). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Limper

Derivations

Words beginning with "limper": limpers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Limper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kimper, lamper, Lempel, lemper, Lempert, Limer, limpa, Limpac, limpo, lipar, Llompart, lompe, Lympne. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Limper"

Words rhyming with "limper" (pronounced 'Limp"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Limper

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: prelim, rimple.

Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-p-r"

-1 letter: impel, miler, peril, plier, prime.

-2 letters: emir, lier, lime, limp, lipe, lire, merl, mile, mire, peri, perm, pier, pile, plie, prim, riel, rile, rime, ripe.

-3 letters: elm, imp, ire, lei, lie, lip, mel, mil, mir, per, pie, rei, rem, rep, rim, rip.

-4 letters: el, em, er, li, me, mi, pe, pi, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-p-r"
 

+1 letter: crimple, impaler, impearl, imperil, implore, lempira, limpers, lumpier, palmier, plumier, prelims, primely, rimpled, rimples, simpler.

 

+2 letters: clumpier, compiler, complier, crimpled, crimples, dimplier, glimpser, glumpier, impalers, impearls, impeller, impellor, imperial, imperils, implored, implorer, implores, impurely, lempiras, limpsier, periblem, pimplier, plumeria, plummier, prelimit, primeval, proemial, rumplier.

 

+3 letters: amplifier, compilers, compliers, crumplier, empirical, epidermal, glimpsers, impearled, impellers, impellors, imperials, imperiled, implanter, implorers, micropyle, periblems, perilymph, phlegmier, pimpernel, plexiform, plumerias, polymeric, prelimits, prolamine, puerilism, recompile, reimplant, reptilium, rumpliest, slimpsier, verapamil.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Limper


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 69 6D 70 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "limper"


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