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Definition of Limpness
1. Noun. A flabby softness.
Generic synonyms: Softness
Derivative terms: Flabby, Flaccid, Limp
Definition of Limpness
1. n. The quality or state of being limp.
Definition of Limpness
1. Noun. Property of being limp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Limpness
1. the state of being limp [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limpness
Literary usage of Limpness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles Through Brazil from Rio de by James William Wells (1887)
"... a retreat—The venda —A stroll through the village—An old new church—Brazilian
limpness—Poverty of the inhabitants—Village schools—Evening at Contendas. ..."
2. Across Mexico in 1864-5 by William Henry Hall (1866)
"Nothing strikes a stranger in Mexico so much as the limpness of the natives. ...
Their limpness is apparent in their whole behaviour, whether-engaged in ..."
3. Music (1896)
"If anything is insisted on throughout the work it is the fact that relaxation,
suppleness, limpness, elasticity and so on throughout the whole list of ..."
4. Manual of Photographic Manipulation by Lake Price (1868)
"This manipulation must be continued until the tissue acquires a certain degree
of limpness. American clips are then attached, and the sheet is gently and ..."
5. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"If a shoot of Bouvardia be treated in the way described, a limpness of the leaves is
... This limpness is first apparent at the margins and apices ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1902)
"... and general limpness of limbs. Death occurred 11 days after admission into
hospital. Symptoms of cardiac dilatation, persistent vomiting, and diarrhoea. ..."
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