limbo
limbo is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
- 2.(Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. Etym: Jamaican E limba to bend, fr. E. limber (1950)]. Often performed at celebrations, such as weddings. (1950-1996)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abyss
- accession
- agency
- agent
- agentship
- and
- appointment
- assignment
- attorney
- authority
- below
- bird
- bottomless
- brevet
- brimstone
- captive
- capture
- charge
- charter
- clerkship
- close
- commission
- consignee
- consignment
- coronation
- creek
- custody
- damnation
- delegate
- delegation
- deputation
- deputy
- designation
- diploma
- doing
- durance
- embassy
- enthronement
- errand
- eternal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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