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Limmer

//ˈlɪmə// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Limber; flexible (either physically or morally).

    "Then the limmer Scottes ared me, burnt my guddes, and made deadlie feede on me and my barnes."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A rogue; a low, base fellow. Scotland

    "Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands."

  2. 2
    A promiscuous woman.

    "Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer, would have been to do her a wrong."

  3. 3
    A limehound; a leamer.
  4. 4
    A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
  5. 5
    A manrope at the side of a ladder.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain; perhaps from limb, or French limier; see leamer.

Etymology 2

Various origins: * English occupational surname for an illuminator of manuscripts, from Middle English luminour, lymnour. * Borrowed from German Limmer, an habitational surname from any of several places in Germany. * Borrowed from Dutch Limmer, from a Germanic personal name composed of Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”) + *mēraz (“famous, renowned”).

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