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Definitions and meaning of limbo

limbo

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmbəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmboʊ/
• (Caribbean) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmboː/
• Rhymes: -ɪmbəʊ
• Hyphenation: lim‧bo

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Middle English limbo, lymbo (“place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven”), from Latin limbō, the ablative singular of limbus (“border, edge; hem; fringe, tassel”) (notably in expressions like in limbō (“in limbo”) and e limbō (“out of limbo”)); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang limply or loosely”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”). Doublet of limp.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

limbo (countable and uncountable, plural limbos or limboes)

2. (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.]
3. (by extension)
   1. (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [from mid 17th c.]
   2. (slang, archaic, uncountable) Jail, prison; (countable) a jail cell or lockup. [from late 16th c.]
   3. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of Hades or Hell [from late 16th c.]
   4. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of pawn (“the state of something being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge”)
4. (countable, military, nautical, weaponry) A type of antisubmarine mortar installed on naval vessels.

Usage notes

• Although "limbo" was at one point a very commonly held belief among grassroots Catholics, it has never been an official part of Church teaching.

Alternative forms

• (weapon): Limbo

Derived terms

• development limbo
• limbolike
• limbo set

Translations

See also

• hell
• paradise
• purgatory

Verb

limbo (third-person singular simple present limbos, present participle limboing, simple past and past participle limboed)

1. (transitive, rare) To place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.

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Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; possibly an alteration of limber (“bendable, flexible, pliant”) with the ending of the word respelled to represent a Caribbean English pronunciation.

It is unclear whether the verb is derived from the noun, or the noun is derived from the verb; the noun is attested slightly earlier.

Noun

limbo (plural limbos)

2. (dance, also attributively) A competitive dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards. The bar is lowered with each round, and the competition is won by the dancer who passes under the bar in the lowest position without dislodging it or falling down.

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Verb

limbo (third-person singular simple present limbos, present participle limboing, simple past and past participle limboed) (intransitive)

1. (dance) To dance the limbo (etymology 2, noun sense 1).
2. (by extension, also figuratively) Often followed by under: to pass under something, especially while bending backwards.

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References

Further reading

• limbo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• limbo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• limbo (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• limbo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• J[ohn] C[amden] H[otten] (1864) “LIMBO”, in The Slang Dictionary; […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC, page 171.: “a prison”
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “limbo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Mobil

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪm.boː/
• Hyphenation: lim‧bo

Etymology 1

From Latin in limbō (“on the edge”).

Proper noun

limbo m or n

1. Limbo, the place where innocent souls barred from heaven exist.

   Synonyms: limbus, voorgeborchte

Alternative forms

• Limbo

Noun

limbo m (plural limbo's, diminutive limbootje n)

1. Limbo, in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.

Alternative forms

• Limbo

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)

1. 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)

1. (colloquial) A Limburger, a person from Limburg.

Alternative forms

• Limbo

See also

• Limbabwe

Finnish

Etymology

From English limbo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimbo/, [ˈlimbo̞]
• Rhymes: -imbo
• Syllabification^(key): lim‧bo

Noun

limbo

1. limbo (dance with bar that is lowered)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “limbo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.boː/, [ˈlʲɪmboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.bo/, [ˈlimbo]

Noun

limbō

1. dative/ablative singular of limbus

Middle English

Noun

limbo

1. Alternative form of lymbo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lim‧bo

Noun

limbo m (plural limbos)

1. (Roman Catholicism) limbo (place for innocent souls)
2. (figurative) limbo (state of neglect or oblivion)
3. (botany) blade (the flat part of a leaf or petal)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin limbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimbo/ [ˈlĩm.bo]
• Rhymes: -imbo
• Syllabification: lim‧bo

Noun

limbo m (plural limbos)

1. (Roman Catholic theology) limbo (the place where innocent souls exist)
2. limbo (an in-between place)

   limbo jurídico ― legal limbo

3. (botany) blade, edge
4. (astronomy) limb

Further reading

• “limbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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