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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : imp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmp |
Definition of imp
Origin :- Old English impe, impa "young shoot, graft," from impian "to graft," probably an early West Germanic borrowing from Vulgar Latin *imptus, from Late Latin impotus "implanted," from Greek emphytos, verbal adjective formed from emphyein "implant," from em- "in" + phyein "to plant" (see physic).
- Sense of "child, offspring" (late 14c.) came from transfer of word from plants to people, with notion of "newness" preserved. Modern meaning "little devil" (1580s) is from common use in pejorative phrases like imp of Satan.
- Suche appereth as aungelles, but in very dede they be ymps of serpentes. ["The Pilgrimage of Perfection," 1526]
- noun mischievous child, small person
- Cars, costumes, banners and decorations were all designed by this imp of ten.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- With the genitive to be supplied: brec þonne mste, 1488; imp.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- An imp or a very large chameleon; she was exactly the color of the road.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- "I'm very superstitious; I am sure it was an imp," Miss Sherwood said.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- I put my own childhood into this imp, into him my first feelings toward this place.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- That imp from Italy looking down—into something immense and dark and unknown.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Where had he been a year ago, this imp who had fervently crossed himself?
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- I advised her to leave it, and begin, for the Imp was patiently waiting her turn.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- He was bred by Mr. Samuel Stratton; dropped December 13, 1878; got by imp.
- Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various
- I had a necklace worth more money than I dared tell that imp.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
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