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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
limbo1
▶noun
- 1 (in some Christian beliefs) the supposed abode of the souls of infants who have not been baptized, and of the just who died before Christ.
- 2 an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution: he was left in limbo.
– origin ME: from the med. L. phr. in limbo, from limbus ‘hem, border, limbo’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
limbo2
▶noun (pl. limbos) a West Indian dance in which the dancer bends backwards to pass under a horizontal bar which is progressively lowered toward the ground. ▶verb dance the limbo.
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