Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective Scot. and North England.
- jimp.
adjective Scot. and North England.
- slender; trim; delicate.
- scant; barely sufficient.
noun
- a tapelike trimming of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with wire
noun
- US and Canadian offensive, slang a physically disabled person, esp one who is lame
- slang a sexual fetishist who likes to be dominated and who dresses in a leather or rubber body suit with mask, zips, and chains
also gymp, ornamental material for trimming dresses, furniture, etc., 1660s, from French guimpe, Old French guimple “wimple, headdress, veil,” from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German wimpal).
1925, “a crippled leg,” also “a crippled person,” perhaps by association with limp, or a corruption of gammy (see game (adj.)).