| slovo | definícia |
limbo
(mass) | limbo
- neistota |
limbo
(encz) | limbo,nejistota n: pruduska |
limbo
(encz) | limbo,předpeklí n: Zdeněk Brož |
limbo
(encz) | limbo,zapomnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Limbo
(gcide) | Limbo \Lim"bo\ (l[i^]m"b[-o]), n. [Jamaican E. limba to bend,
fr. E. limber (1950) --MW10]
A West Indian dance contest, in which participants must dance
under a pole which is lowered successively until only one
participant can successfully pass under, without falling. It
is often performed at celebrations, such as weddings.
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Limbo
(gcide) | Limbo \Lim"bo\ (l[i^]m"b[-o]), Limbus \Lim"bus\ (l[i^]m"b[u^]s),
n. [L. limbus border, edge in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb
border.]
1. (Scholastic Theol.) An spiritual region where certain
classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment.
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As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. --Shak.
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A Limbo large and broad, since called
The Paradise of fools. --Milton.
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Note: The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the
souls of good men who lived before the coming of our
Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar
place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was
added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or
fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity
and nonsense.
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2. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or
confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
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3. Hence: A state of waiting, or uncertainty, in which final
judgment concerning the outcome of a decision is
postponed, perhaps indefinitely; neglect for an indefinite
time; as, the proposal was left in limbo while opponents
and proponents refused to compromise.
[PJC]
4. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
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limbo
(wn) | limbo
n 1: the state of being disregarded or forgotten [syn:
oblivion, limbo]
2: an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
3: (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but
innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous
individuals) |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
limbo
(mass) | limbo
- neistota |
gumbo-limbo
(encz) | gumbo-limbo, n: |
limbo
(encz) | limbo,nejistota n: pruduskalimbo,předpeklí n: Zdeněk Brožlimbo,zapomnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
gumbo-limbo
(gcide) | gumbo-limbo \gumbo-limbo\ n.
A tropical American tree (Bursera simaruba) yielding a
reddish resin used in cements and varnishes.
Syn: Bursera simaruba.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Limbous
(gcide) | Limbous \Lim"bous\ (l[i^]m"b[u^]s), a. [See Limbus.] (Anat.)
With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.
[1913 Webster] Limburger
Limburg cheese |
gumbo-limbo
(wn) | gumbo-limbo
n 1: tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in
cements and varnishes [syn: gumbo-limbo, {Bursera
simaruba}] |
limbo
(wn) | limbo
n 1: the state of being disregarded or forgotten [syn:
oblivion, limbo]
2: an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
3: (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but
innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous
individuals) |
olimbos
(wn) | Olimbos
n 1: a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast;
believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the
gods (9,570 feet high) [syn: Olympus, Mount Olympus,
Mt. Olympus, Olimbos] |
oreopteris limbosperma
(wn) | Oreopteris limbosperma
n 1: common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or
balsam scented fronds [syn: mountain fern, {Oreopteris
limbosperma}, Dryopteris oreopteris] |
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