limboid

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adjective

Having a likeness or similarity to the conditions of limbo or to those held therein.

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Meanings

adjectivelimboid (comparative more limboid, superlative most limboid)

comparative more limboid · superlative most limboid

  1. Having a likeness or similarity to the conditions of limbo or to those held therein.

    Whole legions of the maimed and mute and crooked deployed over the streets in a limboid vapor of smoke and fog.

    1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 168

Origin

From limbo + -oid.

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Cite this entry
APA

limboid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limboid

MLA

“limboid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limboid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limboid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limboid.

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