LIMBO
Listen to the album “Bad Vibes Forever”. Out now!Stream: #BadVibesForever Official Audio by XXXTENTACION f. Limbo 1 (lĭm′bō) n. Often Limbo Roman Catholic Church The abode of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls, as those of infants or virtuous individuals who lived before the coming of Christ. A condition of prolonged uncertainty or neglect: Management kept her promotion in limbo for months. Middle English, from Medieval Latin. “Limbo is genius. Cluck yegger in escape from the planet of the poultroid for mac. Freaky, weird genius. Disturbing, uncomfortable genius.” The Escapist “Dark, disturbing, yet eerily beautiful, Limbo is a world that deserves. “Limbo is as close to perfect at what it does as a game can get.” 10/10 – Destructoid “The game is a masterpiece.” 5/5 – GiantBomb “Limbo is genius. Freaky, weird genius. Disturbing, uncomfortable genius.” 5/5 – The Escapist “Dark, disturbing, yet eerily beautiful, Limbo is a world that deserves to be explored.”. In a spiritual state between heaven and hell after death. He was terrified that he would be trapped in limbo if a priest didn't hear his final confession before he died. In a precarious, indefinite, or suspended state or condition in which the outcome is uncertain. The officer looking after my case quit recently, so my application has.
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lim·bo 1
(lĭm′bō)n.pl.lim·bos1. often LimboRoman Catholic Church The abode of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls, as those of infants or virtuous individuals who lived before the coming of Christ.
2. A condition of prolonged uncertainty or neglect: Management kept her promotion in limbo for months.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin (in) limbō, (in) Limbo, ablative of limbus, Limbo (conventionally thought to exist on the outer border of Hell), from Latin, border.]
lim·bo 2
(lĭm′bō)n.pl.lim·bos A West Indian dance in which the dancers repeatedly bend over backward and pass under a pole that is lowered slightly with each pass.
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limbo
(ˈlɪmbəʊ) n, pl-bos1. (Theology) (often capital) RC Church the supposed abode of infants dying without baptism and the just who died before Christ
2. an imaginary place for lost, forgotten, or unwanted persons or things
3. an unknown intermediate place or condition between two extremes: in limbo.
[C14: from Medieval Latin in limbo on the border (of hell)]
limbo
(ˈlɪmbəʊ) n, pl-bos (Dancing) a Caribbean dance in which dancers pass, while leaning backwards, under a bar
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lim•bo1
(ˈlɪm boʊ)n., pl. -bos.
1. (often cap.) a region on the border of hell or heaven in Roman Catholic teaching, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ.
2. a place or state of oblivion for persons or things cast aside, forgotten, or out of date.
3. an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place.
4. a place or state of imprisonment or confinement.
[1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin in limbō on hell's border (Latin: on the edge) =in on + limbō, abl. of limbus edge, border; compare limbus]
lim•bo2
(ˈlɪm boʊ) n., pl. -bos.
a dance from the West Indies in which the dancer bends backward from the knees and moves with a shuffling step under a horizontal bar that is lowered after each successive pass.
[1955–60; compare Jamaican E limba to bend; see limber1]
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limbo
A West Indian dance in which the dancer, bending backwards, passes under a horizontally supported stick, without touching it, to rhythmic accompaniment.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
| Noun | 1. | limbo - the state of being disregarded or forgotten obscurity - an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; 'he worked in obscurity for many years' |
| 2. | limbo - an imaginary place for lost or neglected things fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings | |
| 3. | limbo - (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals) fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
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limbo
nounin limboin a state of uncertainty, neglected, up in the air, in abeyance, betwixt and between, not knowing whether one is coming or going(informal)I felt as though I was in limbo.
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limbeslimbo
limbolimbusvagevuurvoorgeborchte
limbo
[ˈlɪmbəʊ]N (Rel) (also
Limbo) → limbom; (= dance) → limbomto be in limbo [person] →
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
limbo
[ˈlɪmbəʊ]nto be in limbo (= between two stages) →
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
limbo
1n(fig) → Übergangs-orZwischenstadiumnt; our expansion plans are in limbo because of lack of money → unsere Erweiterungspläne sind wegen Geldmangels in der Schwebe; I’m in a sort of limbo → ich hänge in der Luft(inf)
limbo
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in limbo
1. In a spiritual state between heaven and hell after death. He was terrified that he would be trapped in limbo if a priest didn't hear his final confession before he died.
2. In a precarious, indefinite, or suspended state or condition in which the outcome is uncertain. The officer looking after my case quit recently, so my application has been stuck in limbo.We're kind of in limbo out here until the French authorities reopen the airports.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
*in limbo
1.Lit. a region of the afterlife on the border of hell. (In some Christian religions, there is a limbo set aside for souls that do not go to either heaven or hell. This sense is used only in this religious context. *Typically: be ~; remain ~; stay ~.) The baby's soul was in limbo because she had not been baptized.
2.Fig. in a state of neglect; in a state of oblivion; in an indefinite state; on hold. (*Typically: be ~; leave something ~; put something ~.) We'll have to leave the project in limbo for a month or two.After I got hit on the head, I was in limbo for about ten minutes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
in limbo
1. In a condition of oblivion or neglect, as in They kept her application in limbo for months. [Early 1600s]
2. An intermediate or transitional state, as in After his editor left the firm, his book was in limbo. [Early 1600s] Both usages allude to the theological meaning of limbo, that is, a place outside hell and heaven to which unbaptized infants and the righteous who died before Christ's coming were traditionally consigned.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
in ˈlimbo
in a state of uncertainty or between two states: We’re in limbo at the moment because we’ve finished our work in this country and now we’re waiting for our next contract. ♢ Our plans for renting an apartment in Spain are in limbo at the moment.In some Christian beliefs, limbo is a state that is neither heaven nor hell, where some souls live.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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