Nimble Definition
nĭmbəl
nimbler, nimblest
adjective
nimbler, nimblest
Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft.
Nimble fingers.
American Heritage
Mentally quick; quick-witted; alert.
A nimble mind.
Webster's New World
Showing mental quickness.
A nimble reply.
Webster's New World
Moving quickly and lightly.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Nimble
Adjective
Base Form:
nimble
Comparative:
nimbler
Superlative:
nimblestOrigin of Nimble
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From Middle English nymel, nemel (“capable"), merger of Old English nÇ£mel (“receptive, quick to grasp") and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding"), both from niman (“to take") + -el, -ol (associative suffix). Compare German nehmen Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take"). More at nim.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English nemel from Old English nǣmel quick to seize numol quick at learning nem- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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