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Definition of Limberness
1. n. The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
Definition of Limberness
1. Noun. Property of being limber. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Limberness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limberness
Literary usage of Limberness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1877)
"(ТА.) [mentioned above as an inf. n.], in a woman, (S, K,) or in a young woman, (L,)
Soft- ness, or tenderness, (S, L, K,) and limberness ..."
2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... s. limberness Flag, flag. va & n. to let fall, suffer to droop, hang loose
without stiffness, grow weak—s. a plant, the colours of a ship or of an army, ..."
3. Johnson's Dictionary by Samuel Johnson, John Walker (1836)
"limberness, soft- Flabby ... t, laxity, limberness. Flag, flag1, s. the colours
of a ship or land-forces ja water plant ; a flag stone for paving. ..."
4. Cobb's Abridgment of J. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and by John Walker, Lyman Cobb (1841)
"[ity, limberness or ensign of a snip or land forces : va to let fall, suffer to
droop ; hi lay with broad stones : vn Fia ge let, ..."
5. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1904)
"His tiger limberness and his beauty were rich with unabated youth; and that force
which lurked beneath his surface must often have curbed his intolerance of ..."
6. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1860)
"... and there with the Breckinridge faction of that very Democratic party of whose
violations of the Constitution, corruption, and dangerous limberness of ..."
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