Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to limbo
Participle: limboed
Gerund: limboing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | limbo |
| you | limbo |
| he;she;it | limbos |
| we | limbo |
| you | limbo |
| they | limbo |
Perfect
| I | have limboed |
| you | have limboed |
| he;she;it | has limboed |
| we | have limboed |
| you | have limboed |
| they | have limboed |
Past
| I | limboed |
| you | limboed |
| he;she;it | limboed |
| we | limboed |
| you | limboed |
| they | limboed |
Pluperfect
| I | had limboed |
| you | had limboed |
| he;she;it | had limboed |
| we | had limboed |
| you | had limboed |
| they | had limboed |
Future
| I | will limbo |
| you | will limbo |
| he;she;it | will limbo |
| we | will limbo |
| you | will limbo |
| they | will limbo |
Future Perfect
| I | will have limboed |
| you | will have limboed |
| he;she;it | will have limboed |
| we | will have limboed |
| you | will have limboed |
| they | will have limboed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | limbo |
| you | limbo |
| he;she;it | limbo |
| we | limbo |
| you | limbo |
| they | limbo |
Perfect
| I | have limboed |
| you | have limboed |
| he;she;it | have limboed |
| we | have limboed |
| you | have limboed |
| they | have limboed |
Imperfect
| I | limboed |
| you | limboed |
| he;she;it | limboed |
| we | limboed |
| you | limboed |
| they | limboed |
Pluperfect
| I | had limboed |
| you | had limboed |
| he;she;it | had limboed |
| we | had limboed |
| you | had limboed |
| they | had limboed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would limbo |
| you | would limbo |
| he;she;it | would limbo |
| we | would limbo |
| you | would limbo |
| they | would limbo |
Perfect
| I | would have limboed |
| you | would have limboed |
| he;she;it | would have limboed |
| we | would have limboed |
| you | would have limboed |
| they | would have limboed |
Imperative
| you | limbo |
| we | Let's limbo |
| you | limbo |
Verbs conjugated like 'limbo'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'limbo'
limb,
climb,
imbow,
imbox,
lamb,
lib,
limbec,
limber,
lime,
limit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is derived from Middle English limbo, lymbo (“place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven”), from Latin limbō, the ablative singular of limbus (“border, edge; hem; fringe, tassel”) (notably in expressions like in limbō (“in limbo”) and e limbō (“out of limbo”)); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang limply or loosely”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”). Doublet of limp.
2. The verb is derived from the noun. See: Latin '
limbō'.
Sample Sentences
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[A]s your doctrine is exceedingly evil, by Yamjamma's theory it follows, that you must be proportionably bedeviled; and since it harms others, your devil is of the number of those whom it is best to limbo; and since he is one of those that can be limboed, limboed he shall be in you. [1849, Herman Melville, “Wherein Babbalanja Broaches a Diabolical Theory, and, in His Own Person, Proves it”, in Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 364:]
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"If a fellow of ours isn't uncovered we may be limboed here till—" Till when? Till we were born again? I wished not to wonder just then. "Whenever." [1988 October, Jack Womack, chapter 5, in Terraplane […], New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 102:]
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An hour later, beside City Limits Road / I balanced, a gleaming can in each hand, / Limboed between worlds, repeating one dollar. [1992, Yusef Komunyakaa, “Blackberries”, in Magic City, Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, page 27:]