limbed
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English ilimed (“having limbs, limbed”) [and other forms],[1] from i- (prefix forming adjectives, past participles, etc.)[2] + lim (“organ or part of the body, member; extremity of an animal or human body, limb; sexual organ; a person as a member of the group of all Christians; follower; liegeman; corner of a siege tower; arm of the sea; branch of a subject”)[3] (see further at lim) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives);[4] analysable as limb + -ed.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /lɪmd/
- Rhymes: -ɪmd
Adjective
[edit]limbed (not comparable)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having limbs
preceded by a descriptive word: having limbs of a specified kind or quality
Verb
[edit]limbed
- simple past and past participle of limb
References
[edit]- ^ “ilimed, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “i-, pref.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “lim, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “-ed, suf.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Anagrams
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -ed
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪmd
- Rhymes:English/ɪmd/1 syllable
- English lemmas
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- English non-lemma forms
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