† jimpn.

/dʒɪmp/

Forms: Middle English gimp, 1500s gymp(e, iymp, iimp.

Etymology: Perhaps connected with jimp adj.

Scottish. Obsolete.

1. A minute or subtle point; a trifling distinction; a quirk, subtlety; a tittle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > subtle point

subtletya1425

subtilityc1485

jimp?a1500

nicety1589

nicery1605

fineness1622

pointille1626

measuring cast1631

criticisma1640

exility1642

subtilty1681

quoddity1682

nuance1781

distinguo1895

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Lamb l. 2722 in Poems (1981) 101 O man of law, let be thy subteltie, With nice gimpis and fraudis intricait.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 124 For ane iymp or a bourd, I pray ȝou note me nocht at euery wourd.

1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 15 To eschew al occasioun of wane stryfe..for Iimpis of Grammar or sik triflis.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 226 In the leist iot or iimp tha neuer brak the papes authoritie.

2. A trick, prank.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax

pratOE

mowa1393

pageant?c1430

jimp?1572

prank1576

jest1578

jig1592

frump1593

trick1605

bilk1664

fun1699

plisky1706

humbug1750

hum1751

practical joke1751

marlock1763

quiz1795

practical joke1804

skite1804

hoax1808

skit1815

wrinkle1817

rusty1835

funny business1838

string1851

stringer1851

cod1862

mank1865

spoof1889

leg-pull1893

rannygazoo1896

shenanigan1926

gotcha1967

to throw a fastball1968

wind-up1984

?1572 R. Sempill Premonitioun Barnis of Leith (single sheet) Nor with the hous of Guyis to mell Quha is als godles as thair sell And kens thair gymps I trow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

jimpadj.adv.

Brit.

/dʒɪmp/, U.S.

/dʒɪmp/, Scottish English

/dʒɪmp/

Forms: 1500s gymp, ( gympt), 1700s–1800s gimp, 1700s– jimp.

Etymology: Known in Scots since c1500; origin obscure. It has been compared with gim adj., ‘smart, spruce’, of the same age, and with jump adj., exact, precise, which appears later; but in neither case is the sense congruous.

Scottish and northern dialect.

A. adj.

1. Slender, slim, delicate, graceful, neat. (A Scottish or northern word, introduced in 19th cent. into English literature.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective]

genta1275

smallc1275

slendera1400

slightc1400

gauntc1440

light-bodiedc1487

jimp?a1513

slender-bodied1611

snever1640

slim1657

gend1676

scranky1735

light built1778

sveltea1825

spindly1827

slimmish1841

slippy1883

slenderish1894

slim-down1978

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective]

subtlea1382

subtilea1393

subtilec1392

smiltc1400

fine?a1425

thina1425

exile?1440

slender1444

tenuious1495

jimp?a1513

lenye1513

fine-spuna1555

nice1567

spindled1584

gracile1590

snever1640

tenuous1656

slim1657

gracilious1688

gracilent1727

twittery1819

flitterya1834

attenuate1848

spiry1849

low-profile1906

matchlike1906

slimline1949

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons

faireOE

seemlya1225

featous1340

jolly?a1366

tretis?a1366

comelya1375

covenablea1375

well-beseenc1374

favourablea1398

farrandc1400

personable?1435

well-favoureda1438

covenantc1440

likelyc1450

trety?c1450

tret1488

decore?a1513

jimp?a1513

wally?a1513

smotter?1520

snout-fair1530

well-looking1613

comely-looking1648

personal1658

comely-looked1664

winsome1677

tidy1714

good-looking1715

well to be seen1809

a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 42 Gymp, iolie and gent, richt ioyus and gent. I suld at fairis be found.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. x. 45 Apon his harp.. Now with gymp fingeris doing stringis smyte.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 121 Gymp gerraflouris thar royn levys vnschet.

1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 262 Of all thir madynis..Wes nane so gympt as gillie.

1719 E. Wardlaw Hardyknute 4 Her Girdle shaw'd her Middle gimp.

1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 264 I see thee dancing o'er the green, Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean.

1844 N. P. Willis Lady Jane ii. 598 Satin waistcoat..Becoming to a youth so jimp and slim.

a1845 R. H. Barham Knight & Lady in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 283 Then his left arm he placed Round her jimp, taper waist.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gimp (g soft), thin, neat in figure.

2. Scanty; barely full; bare (measure).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount

narrowOE

poor?c1225

scarce1297

straitc1386

feeblea1513

scant1556

niggardly1564

slender1564

limited1590

scanted1594

sparing1602

scantled1604

stinted1629

exiguous1630

unlavished1635

scanty1658

unprofuse1727

costivea1734

incopious1734

niggard1751

jimp1768

skimped1839

stingy1854

restricted1856

niggard-measured1881

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 6 An' howsoon as the jimp three raiths was gane.

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Jimp,..3. small, scanty, deficient in measure.

1901 N.E.D. at Jimp Mod. Sc. I fancy he has given you but jimp measure to-day.

B. adv.

Barely, scarcely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just

uneathc1200

scarcely1297

albusyc1325

onlepyc1350

anerly1381

barec1400

scarce1413

scantlyc1440

narrowlyc1450

scant1492

barelya1513

hardly?1532

faintly1544

nakedly1589

just1603

rawly1607

just1627

badly1715

scrimp1756

bare-weighta1763

scrimplya1774

jimp1814

jistc1820

1814 W. Scott Diary 10 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 174 These islanders..are sober, good-humoured, and friendly—but jimp honest.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 168 He had jimp said the word.

Compounds

jimp-waisted adj.

ΚΠ

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 100 That bonnie dark-haired..jimp-waisted lassie.

Derivatives

ˈjimply adv. slenderly, scantily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > to a small extent or slightly

lightlyeOE

liteOE

littleOE

a litec1290

smallc1300

softc1390

smally?a1425

slenderlya1513

hoverly1549

remissly1557

slender1581

not half1583

faintly1590

slightly1594

lankly1611

lowly1655

slight1671

nicely1698

weakly1775

sparingly1796

jimply1816

feebly1830

slightually1859

marginally1960

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 167 We are jimply provided for in beds rather.

ˈjimpness n. slenderness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > state of having

smallnessa1387

gentilessec1405

slendernessa1538

gracility1623

slimness1727

slightness1788

jimpness1885

petiteness1887

1885 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 43 Not of the jimpness engendered of corsets, but of nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	jimp
释义	† jimpn. /dʒɪmp/ Forms: Middle English gimp, 1500s gymp(e, iymp, iimp. Etymology: Perhaps connected with jimp adj. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. A minute or subtle point; a trifling distinction; a quirk, subtlety; a tittle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > subtle point subtletya1425 subtilityc1485 jimp?a1500 nicety1589 nicery1605 fineness1622 pointille1626 measuring cast1631 criticisma1640 exility1642 subtilty1681 quoddity1682 nuance1781 distinguo1895 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Lamb l. 2722 in Poems (1981) 101 O man of law, let be thy subteltie, With nice gimpis and fraudis intricait. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 124 For ane iymp or a bourd, I pray ȝou note me nocht at euery wourd. 1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 15 To eschew al occasioun of wane stryfe..for Iimpis of Grammar or sik triflis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 226 In the leist iot or iimp tha neuer brak the papes authoritie. 2. A trick, prank. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax pratOE mowa1393 pageant?c1430 jimp?1572 prank1576 jest1578 jig1592 frump1593 trick1605 bilk1664 fun1699 plisky1706 humbug1750 hum1751 practical joke1751 marlock1763 quiz1795 practical joke1804 skite1804 hoax1808 skit1815 wrinkle1817 rusty1835 funny business1838 string1851 stringer1851 cod1862 mank1865 spoof1889 leg-pull1893 rannygazoo1896 shenanigan1926 gotcha1967 to throw a fastball1968 wind-up1984 ?1572 R. Sempill Premonitioun Barnis of Leith (single sheet) Nor with the hous of Guyis to mell Quha is als godles as thair sell And kens thair gymps I trow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). jimpadj.adv. Brit. /dʒɪmp/, U.S. /dʒɪmp/, Scottish English /dʒɪmp/ Forms: 1500s gymp, ( gympt), 1700s–1800s gimp, 1700s– jimp. Etymology: Known in Scots since c1500; origin obscure. It has been compared with gim adj., ‘smart, spruce’, of the same age, and with jump adj., exact, precise, which appears later; but in neither case is the sense congruous. Scottish and northern dialect. A. adj. 1. Slender, slim, delicate, graceful, neat. (A Scottish or northern word, introduced in 19th cent. into English literature.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] genta1275 smallc1275 slendera1400 slightc1400 gauntc1440 light-bodiedc1487 jimp?a1513 slender-bodied1611 snever1640 slim1657 gend1676 scranky1735 light built1778 sveltea1825 spindly1827 slimmish1841 slippy1883 slenderish1894 slim-down1978 the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective] subtlea1382 subtilea1393 subtilec1392 smiltc1400 fine?a1425 thina1425 exile?1440 slender1444 tenuious1495 jimp?a1513 lenye1513 fine-spuna1555 nice1567 spindled1584 gracile1590 snever1640 tenuous1656 slim1657 gracilious1688 gracilent1727 twittery1819 flitterya1834 attenuate1848 spiry1849 low-profile1906 matchlike1906 slimline1949 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE seemlya1225 featous1340 jolly?a1366 tretis?a1366 comelya1375 covenablea1375 well-beseenc1374 favourablea1398 farrandc1400 personable?1435 well-favoureda1438 covenantc1440 likelyc1450 trety?c1450 tret1488 decore?a1513 jimp?a1513 wally?a1513 smotter?1520 snout-fair1530 well-looking1613 comely-looking1648 personal1658 comely-looked1664 winsome1677 tidy1714 good-looking1715 well to be seen1809 a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 42 Gymp, iolie and gent, richt ioyus and gent. I suld at fairis be found. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. x. 45 Apon his harp.. Now with gymp fingeris doing stringis smyte. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 121 Gymp gerraflouris thar royn levys vnschet. 1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 262 Of all thir madynis..Wes nane so gympt as gillie. 1719 E. Wardlaw Hardyknute 4 Her Girdle shaw'd her Middle gimp. 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 264 I see thee dancing o'er the green, Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean. 1844 N. P. Willis Lady Jane ii. 598 Satin waistcoat..Becoming to a youth so jimp and slim. a1845 R. H. Barham Knight & Lady in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 283 Then his left arm he placed Round her jimp, taper waist. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gimp (g soft), thin, neat in figure. 2. Scanty; barely full; bare (measure). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount narrowOE poor?c1225 scarce1297 straitc1386 feeblea1513 scant1556 niggardly1564 slender1564 limited1590 scanted1594 sparing1602 scantled1604 stinted1629 exiguous1630 unlavished1635 scanty1658 unprofuse1727 costivea1734 incopious1734 niggard1751 jimp1768 skimped1839 stingy1854 restricted1856 niggard-measured1881 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 6 An' howsoon as the jimp three raiths was gane. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Jimp,..3. small, scanty, deficient in measure. 1901 N.E.D. at Jimp Mod. Sc. I fancy he has given you but jimp measure to-day. B. adv. Barely, scarcely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just uneathc1200 scarcely1297 albusyc1325 onlepyc1350 anerly1381 barec1400 scarce1413 scantlyc1440 narrowlyc1450 scant1492 barelya1513 hardly?1532 faintly1544 nakedly1589 just1603 rawly1607 just1627 badly1715 scrimp1756 bare-weighta1763 scrimplya1774 jimp1814 jistc1820 1814 W. Scott Diary 10 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 174 These islanders..are sober, good-humoured, and friendly—but jimp honest. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 168 He had jimp said the word. Compounds jimp-waisted adj. ΚΠ 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 100 That bonnie dark-haired..jimp-waisted lassie. Derivatives ˈjimply adv. slenderly, scantily. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > to a small extent or slightly lightlyeOE liteOE littleOE a litec1290 smallc1300 softc1390 smally?a1425 slenderlya1513 hoverly1549 remissly1557 slender1581 not half1583 faintly1590 slightly1594 lankly1611 lowly1655 slight1671 nicely1698 weakly1775 sparingly1796 jimply1816 feebly1830 slightually1859 marginally1960 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 167 We are jimply provided for in beds rather. ˈjimpness n. slenderness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > state of having smallnessa1387 gentilessec1405 slendernessa1538 gracility1623 slimness1727 slightness1788 jimpness1885 petiteness1887 1885 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 43 Not of the jimpness engendered of corsets, but of nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1500adj.adv.?a1513
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