limbo
limbo
Sistem
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Pronunciation
- (UK) MFA(ključ): /ˈlɪmbəʊ/
Audio (UK): (file)
- (US) MFA(ključ): /ˈlɪmboʊ/
- Rime: -ɪmbəʊ
- Hifenacija: lim‧bo
Etymology 1
From Srednji Engleski lymbo; equivalent to Latinski limbus (“border”) (cognate with limp), notably in the (ablative) expression in limbō (“on the edge”).
Noun
limbo (countable and uncountable, plural limbos)
- (Roman Catholic theology, since circa 400 A.D.) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum).
- (by extension, since the 16th century) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.
- My passport application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks.
- 2021 maj 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:
- But the railway is in limbo, paralysed by indecision. Let's have some clarity.
- (slang, archaic) A lockup or jail cell.
- 1894, Arthur George Frederick Griffiths, Secrets of the Prison-house: Or, Gaol Studies and Sketches (page 144)
- Blind Thaddeus O'Gorman was soon sent to limbo, safely secured in the police lock-up at Green Skipperton, whence he was removed next day to the nearest gaol, there to await trial at the next assize.
- 1894, Arthur George Frederick Griffiths, Secrets of the Prison-house: Or, Gaol Studies and Sketches (page 144)
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Etymology 2
Word of uncertain West Indian (notably Jamaican) origin, probably an alteration of limber as it is a physical agility test.
Noun
limbo (plural limbos)
- A dance in which dancers take turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position.
- 1993, Alan Tucker, The Berlitz Travellers Guide to the Caribbean (page 149)
- If you're not up for watching limbos, bottle dancing, and fire eating, your best bet might be a leisurely dinner […]
- 1993, Alan Tucker, The Berlitz Travellers Guide to the Caribbean (page 149)
Translations
Verb
limbo (third-person singular simple present limbos, present participle limboing, simple past and past participle limboed)
- To dance in this way.
References
- “limbo” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2024.
- Šablon:R:Webster NCD 1967
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
- Mobil (alphagram bilmo)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latinski in limbō (“on the edge”).
Proper noun
limbo m or n
- Limbo, the place where innocent souls barred from heaven exist.
- Sinonimi: limbus, voorgeborchte
Alternative forms
Noun
limbo m (plural limbo's, diminutive limbootje n)
- Limbo, in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Word of uncertain West Indian (possibly Jamaican) origin, recorded since 1956, probably an alteration of limber as it is a physical agility test.
Noun
limbo n (uncountable)
- limbo, the low-dancing game below a bar
Etymology 3
From a clipping of Limburger + -o.
Noun
limbo m (plural limbo's, diminutive limbootje n)
- (colloquial) A Limburger, a person from Limburg.
Alternative forms
See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
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Noun
limbo
- limbo (dance with bar that is lowered)
Declension
Inflection of limbo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | limbo | limbot | |
genitive | limbon | limbojen | |
partitive | limboa | limboja | |
illative | limboon | limboihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | limbo | limbot | |
accusative | nom. | limbo | limbot |
gen. | limbon | ||
genitive | limbon | limbojen | |
partitive | limboa | limboja | |
inessive | limbossa | limboissa | |
elative | limbosta | limboista | |
illative | limboon | limboihin | |
adessive | limbolla | limboilla | |
ablative | limbolta | limboilta | |
allative | limbolle | limboille | |
essive | limbona | limboina | |
translative | limboksi | limboiksi | |
abessive | limbotta | limboitta | |
instructive | — | limboin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
limbo
Pronunciation
Noun
limbō
Middle English
Noun
limbo
- Alternative form of lymbo
limbo
Noun
limbo m (plural limbos)
- (Roman Catholicism) limbo (place for innocent souls)
- (figurative) limbo (state of neglect or oblivion)
- (botany) blade (the flat part of a leaf or petal)
limbo
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
limbo m (plural limbos)
- (Roman Catholic theology) limbo (the place where innocent souls exist)
- limbo (an in-between place)
- limbo jurídico ― legal limbo
- (botany) blade, edge
- (astronomija) limb
Further reading
- “limbo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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