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imp
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Etymology 1
From Middle English impen, ympen (“to plant; (figuratively) to bury; to graft; to add to, insert, put into, set in; to mend (a falcon’s feather) by attaching a new feather on to the broken stump”), from Old English impian, ?eimpian (“to graft”), from Proto-West Germanic *imp?n (“to graft”), from Vulgar Latin *imput? (“to graft”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (émphutos, “implanted; planted”), from ?????? (emphú?, “to implant”) (from ??- (en-, prefix meaning ‘in’) + ???? (phú?, “to bring forth, produce; to grow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to appear; to become; to grow”))) + -??? (-tos).
Verb
imp (third-person singular simple present imps, present participle imping, simple past and past participle imped) (transitive)
- (obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
- (figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.9:
- That headlesse tyrants tronke he reard from ground, / And, having ympt the head to it agayne, / Upon his usuall beast it firmely bound, / And made it so to ride as it alive was found.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.9:
- (falconry)
- To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird's wing or tail.
- To engraft (a bird, or bird's wing or tail) with feathers.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
- 1633, George Herbert, "Easter Wings"
- With thee / Let me combine, / And feel this day thy victory / For, if I imp my wing on thine, / Affliction shall advance the flight in me.
- 1633, George Herbert, "Easter Wings"
- To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird's wing or tail.
- (by extension) To add to or unite with (something) another object to lengthen it out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English impe, ympe (“tree branch; shoot, sprig; graft, scion; young tree, sapling, seedling; tree”) [and other forms], from Old English impa, impe (“shoot, sprig; graft, scion; young tree, sapling, seedling”), from impian, ?eimpian (“to graft”) (see etymology 1).
Noun
imp (plural imps)
- (chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). [from 16th c.]
- 1771, James Beattie, The Minstrel:
- Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray / Of squabbling imps […]
- 1771, James Beattie, The Minstrel:
- (by extension)
- (often humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: brat, little dickens, scamp, urchin
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- I've left my young children to look after themselves, and a more mischievous and troublesome set of young imps doesn't exist...
- A baby Tasmanian devil.
- (often humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete)
- A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft. [9th–18th c.]
- 14th c., Sir Orfeo, 69:
- Þai sett hem doun al þre / Vnder a fair ympe-tre.
- 1571, Arthur Golding, The Psalmes of David and others. With M. John Calvins Commentaries, “Epistle Dedicatorie,”[1]
- Out of these rootes spring other impes, no lesse perniciouse than the stockes of whiche they come […]
- 14th c., Sir Orfeo, 69:
- An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man. [15th–19th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
- And thou most dreaded impe of highest Ioue, / Faire Venus sonne, [...] come to mine ayde [...].
- The tender imp was weaned from the teat.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
- (Britain, dialectal) Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
- A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft. [9th–18th c.]
Derived terms
- impish
- impishly
- implike
- impishness
Translations
References
Further reading
- imp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- IPM, MIP, MPI, PIM, PMI
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implike
English
Etymology
imp +? -like
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mp.la?k/
Adjective
implike (comparative more implike, superlative most implike)
- Possessing the qualities or appearances of an imp.
Synonyms
- (naughtily or annoyingly playful): impish, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish
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