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Definition of "limpwristed" [limpwristed]

  • Weak, unenthusiastic, or ineffectual. (adjective)
  • Effeminate in the sense of affecting a weak or limp wrist. (adjective)

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Use "limpwristed" in a sentence
  • "That Statement by the WHite House adds new meaning to the term “limpwristed”."
  • "The Democrats appear to be too limpwristed to pull it off."
  • "He fancied himself something of a wit, signing his columns “Fitz Smythe” or “Armand Leonidas Stiggers,” the latter identity attached to a limpwristed, effeminate lover of beauty with “weak blue eyes, delicate pink hair and green spectacles” who went about town wearing maroon-colored gloves, accompanied by his flea-infested dog, Rienzi."