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LIMPNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does limpness mean?
• LIMPNESS (noun)
The noun LIMPNESS has 1 sense:
1. a flabby softness
Familiarity information: LIMPNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flabby softness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
flabbiness; flaccidity; limpness
Hypernyms ("limpness" is a kind of...):
softness (the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded)
Derivation:
limp (lacking or having lost rigidity)
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