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limp-wristed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, slang) Limp, weak by nature; lacking strength.
  2. (derogatory, slang) Of a man: having effeminate qualities or characteristics perceived to be homosexual in nature.
    • Given the doubts about manhood in the postwar years, a rough sport like football helped to establish a hierarchy of competing masculinities that favored the sturdy athlete over his limp-wristed counterpart, the heterosexual linebacker over the homosexual fop. 1998 August 14, Laura Mccall, Donald Yacovone, A Shared Experience: Men, Women, and the History of Gender (Science; 41), NYU Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 331:

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most limp-wristed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more limp-wristed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

macho

limp-wristed en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, past) simple past of limp-wrist
    form of limp-wrist