limple
English edit
Etymology edit
From limp + -le (frequentative suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪmpəl
Verb edit
limple (third-person singular simple present limples, present participle limpling, simple past and past participle limpled)
- (intransitive, chiefly dialectal) To move or walk with a limp; hobble
- 1996, M C Richards, Opening Our Moral Eye:
- Now I may claim the gold from clay: / Years ago today I looked / And limpled away; in my breast's alembic / Cupped the foolish face.