limma
noun
lim·ma
ˈlimə
plural limmata
-ətə
1
in ancient Greek music : a semitone in the Pythagorean scale that is less than half a whole step and is designated as the difference between a perfect fourth and two whole steps or 256/243
called also diesis
2
[Late Greek leimma, from Greek] : a pause in Greek verse equivalent to one mora —symbol Λ, λ, ⋀
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek leimma Pythagorean semitone, remnant, from leipein to leave
First Known Use
1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- to a crisp
- to a degree
- to a fault
- to a frazzle
- to a great extent
- to a greater degree
- to a greater extent
- to a greater or lesser degree
- to a greater or lesser degree/extent
- to a greater or lesser extent
- to a greater/lesser degree/extent
- to a lesser degree
- to a lesser extent
- to a man
- to a minimum
- to a nicety
- to a polish
- to a pulp
- to a stop
- to a t
- to a T
- to a tee
- to a turn
- to adi
- to advantage