gimpiness

Other forms of gimpiness

plural

gimpinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gimpiness

What does gimpiness mean?

gimpiness means "disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet".

How many syllables are in gimpiness?

gimpiness has 3 syllables: gim-pi-ness. The stress falls on "gim".

What is another word for gimpiness?

Close synonyms include lameness, limping, gimp, gameness, claudication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gimpiness a common word?

gimpiness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.