How do you pronounce limbec?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪmbɪk/.

limbec

/ˈlɪmbɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

Obsolete

"I, by Love's limbec, am the grave / Of all that's nothing."
"And the dull drops that from his purpled bill As from a limbec"
"the warder of the brain / Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason / A limbec only."

See alembic

limbecs (present, singular) limbecking (participle, present) limbecked (participle, past) limbecked (past) limbecs (plural)

limbic

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