lime-twigged

adjective

Beset with snares.

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Meanings

adjectivelime-twigged (comparative more lime-twigged, superlative most lime-twigged)

comparative more lime-twigged · superlative most lime-twigged

  1. Beset with snares.
  2. Ensnared, as with birdlime.

    have their Conſultations lime-twigg'd with Quirks and Sophiſms of Philoſmophical Perſmons

    1679, Lancelot Addison, The Life and Death of Mahumed

Origin

From lime-twig + -ed.

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APA

lime-twigged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lime-twigged

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“lime-twigged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lime-twigged. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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