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Meaning of "limp-wristed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIMP-WRISTED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIMP-WRISTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Limp-Wristed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIMP-WRISTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Effeminacy

Effeminacy describes traits in a human male that are more often associated with feminine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or gender roles rather than masculine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or roles. It is a term frequently applied to womanly behavior, demeanor, style and appearance displayed by a male, typically used implying criticism or ridicule of this behaviour. The term effeminate is most often used by people who subscribe to the widespread view that males should display masculine traits and behaviours. Generally, the description is applied to individuals, but may be used to describe entire societies as an inflammatory allegation. Until the modern period, "effeminacy" in the Western tradition referred to a complicated intersection of both social and sexual identities typically associated with females. The ancient Greeks, for example, described whole societies as effeminate if they were characterized by a slavish, deferential, or autocratic political culture. Here, it was the form of sexual relationships, but not the fact of homosexual relations that was critical to the sexual dimension of the term.

Definition of limp-wristed in the English dictionary

The definition of limp-wristed in the dictionary is ineffectual; effete.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIMP-WRISTED

limosis
limous
Limousin
limousine
limousine liberal
limp
limpa
limper
limpet
limpid
limpidity
limpidly
limpidness
limping
limpingly
limpkin
limply
limpness
Limpopo
limpsy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIMP-WRISTED

close-fisted
computer-assisted
enlisted
ham-fisted
hardfisted
interested
ironfisted
motor-assisted
pisted
power-assisted
short-waisted
tightfisted
touristed
twisted
two-fisted
unassisted
unlisted
unresisted
waisted
wait-listed
wasp-waisted

Synonyms and antonyms of limp-wristed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIMP-WRISTED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «limp-wristed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of limp-wristed

Translation of «limp-wristed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIMP-WRISTED

Find out the translation of limp-wristed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of limp-wristed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «limp-wristed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

跛行wristed
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

limp - wristed
570 millions of speakers

English

limp-wristed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

- लंगड़ा wristed
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

wristed يعرج -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хромать - wristed
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mancar - wristed
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিস্তেজ-wristed
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

limp- wristed
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemas-wristed
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwul
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

- リンプwristed
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

- 다리를 절며 wristed
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Limp-wristed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhao - wristed
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுண்ணாம்பு-wristed
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लवचिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

-Gevşek wristed
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

limp - wristed
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

limp - wristed
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кульгати - wristed
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

limp - wristed
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

limp - wristed
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slap - wristed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

limp - wristed
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

limp - wristed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of limp-wristed

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIMP-WRISTED»

The term «limp-wristed» is normally little used and occupies the 122.757 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIMP-WRISTED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «limp-wristed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «limp-wristed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about limp-wristed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIMP-WRISTED»

Discover the use of limp-wristed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to limp-wristed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New York Magazine
... founded his career there. He was a self-professed painter of the people, to the people's sometime horror. He hated homosexuals, called museum directors limp- wristed, and got himself dumped from his job as director of the Kansas City Art ...
2
Living in Darkness: A Phillip Michael Carnegie Mystery
Isn't that the limp-wristed homosexual?” Carnegie asked. “Yeah to today's world, and even to many Hawaiians, the mahu is the limp-wristed effeminate. Actually, the word mahu doesn't mean limp-wristed fag. He was someone special. He was  ...
John A. Roynesdal, 2006
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Weekly World News
"There was no way that cantankerous old freebooter could rest in his grave with all those limp-wristed lollipops skipping and prancing around the island the way they've been doing," said Boggs. "Trinidad used to be a pirate's haven. It was a ...
4
New York Magazine
he. cops. thought. they'd. get. some. limp-wristed. queens. who'd. run. like. hell. Instead,. they. got. some. pissed-. off. queens. who. were. not. about. to. run. VIRGINIA APUZ Z O large space.
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The Synonym Finder
... consonant, accordant. homosexual, adj. 1. homoerotic, hompphile, sexually inverted, Inf. gay, Inf. bent; All SI. kinky, fruity, left-handed; All Derog. queer, faggy, flitty, limp- wristed; effeminate, SI. swishy, camp, campy; lesbian, tribadic, sapphic , ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Culture
Limp-Wristed. Leaders. As Ben Fritz and Brendan Nyhan observe, writing online for SpinSanity, Kerry's political "adversaries [sought] to capitalize on anti-French sentiment created by the war [in Iraq] and portray him as aloof and opposed to ...
W. C. Harris, 2009
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Weekly World News
LIMP-WRISTED. TOOTH. FAIRY. I'm madder than a beaver with braces at all this panic over gay dentists putting their fingers in patients' mouths and giving them AIDS. If you don't want your dentist to kill you, don't go to a tooth for crying out ...
8
Dictionary of Euphemisms
... will soon be scarce, in order to stimulate sales or obtain a higher price. limp- wrist a male homosexual From the action of masturbating. Whence adjectivally as limp-wristed: His limp-wristed nancy-boy of a son. . . (Private Eye, january 1980) ...
R. W. Holder, 2008
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Weekly World News
LIMP-WRISTED. (Starting on Page 30) IRAQI A S ONE of the. By MIKE FOSTER/ Corresponden* A RESEARCHER has unearthed the remains of a pair of space aliens at a UFO crash site — and their compromising position strongly indicates ...
10
Weekly World News
Horrified Hector Bria, 34, told authorities the gay alien visited his isolated mountain home and tried to romance him. When he spurned the space fairy's advances, the creature THE LIMP-WRISTED alien left farmer Hector Bria scratching his ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIMP-WRISTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term limp-wristed is used in the context of the following news items.
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John Whittingdale: 'should BBC still be all things to all people
BBC news journalists were furious about this limp-wristed response, especially as many felt Hutton had judged the Corporation too harshly and ... «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
2
Old Monk Survives Amid Diminishing Following: Adage India
and the kurta-clad (for the more limp-wristed civilians, it's 42.8%) all together on one flat table. A Case of Reverse Snobbery Mohan Meakin ... «Adage India, Jul 15»
3
Subscription 'An Option For BBC In Long-Term' - LidTime.com
BBC news journalists were furious about this limp-wristed response, especially as many felt Hutton had judged the Corporation too harshly and ... «Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines, Jul 15»
4
The CMA's feeble report on dodgy supermarket pricing will solve …
Its solution to the problem is limp-wristed, to say the least. The CMA will beef up compliance - fines are payable when consumer law is broken ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
The Summer of Killer Immigrants, Brought to You by Bill O'Reilly
... are trying to kill their granddaughters, and b) Barack Obama and his liberal cronies in limp-wristed San Francisco are their accomplices. «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
6
Has the BBC ever been so nakedly furious with the Government?
BBC news journalists were furious about this limp-wristed response, especially as many felt Hutton had judged the Corporation too harshly and ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
7
Auburn School Committee member responds to accusation of …
“Mr. Trump has made a lifetime out of calling the bluffs of the limp-wristed and the know-it-alls,” writes Langis. “That is exactly why the GOP ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Do I Sound Gay?
... voice in our media culture make the point that Hollywood's idea of swank urbanity is interchangeable with that of limp-wristed wickedness. «L.A. Weekly, Jul 15»
9
Bike theft down 45 percent after UCPD deploys 'bait bikes'
This area is notoriously limp-wristed when it comes to actually doing anything consequential about property crimes. They need to do some ... «Daily Californian, Jul 15»
10
Trouble with the Greeks spreading to other shores
... for a party that promises a better country by 2029 after 10 years of DA rule, beating the ruling dog is mere limp-wristed opposition speak. «BDlive, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Limp-Wristed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/limp-wristed>. May 2024 ».
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