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limpen

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To make or become limp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • The fusion fires ebbing in the magnetic pinchtorus was a languid decay, a sorrowful limpening. Flaccid. 2010 "Ares Express" by Ian McDonald
  • At the bottom were the generous buttocks, a crinkly anus and a vaginal passage containing my rapidly limpening penis. 2010, "The Sex Sphere" by Rudy Rucker
  • The being started to change its color slightly, its thorns limpening, its hard bark of its body softening, slightly pruny like a human's skin in a bathtub too long. Shakey Quakey Ride by AndyRay Patton

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Pronunciation spelling of limping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

Examples

  • The horse is limpen. 2008, "My Children Are More Precious Than Gold: Inspired by My Grandmother Veder" By Fay Risner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From limp + -en.

Variant of limping.