Limmer
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A rogue; a low, base fellow. Scotland
"Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands."
- 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 A limehound; a leamer.
- 4 A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
- 5 A manrope at the side of a ladder.
- 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."
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands."
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from limb, or French limier; see leamer.
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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