gimpiness

9.8

Difficulty walking because a leg or foot does not work well

noun
/ˈɡɪmpɪnəs/

: cojera

Physical therapy helped reduce her gimpiness, allowing her to move more freely each day.

Examples

It had me weeping with laughter: Danny, in his boxer shorts, recreating his earlier attempt at a fox trot, his caricature of his partner's gimpiness so convincing that I really saw her in the room, though she was elsewhere and no doubt long asleep.

Fiction book (1996)
The gimpiness is gone, over, done with!

Fiction book (1994)
After the injury, he experienced significant gimpiness that made it hard for him to walk.
The doctor's assessment revealed that the child's gimpiness was due to a minor foot deformity.

Synonyms

limp

vsgimpiness

51 3.3

An uneven way of walking caused by a hurt leg or foot

describes the overall difficulty or disability rather than just the manner

gimp

vsgimpiness

NSFW

3 9.9

A way of walking that is difficult because of a leg or foot injury

is the same meaning but used as the general condition term

limping

vsgimpiness

2 4.4

A problem walking because of an injury to a leg or foot

focuses on broader walking difficulty rather than only the gait

lameness

vsgimpiness

1 4.7

A state in which a person or animal cannot walk properly because of a leg injury

refers to walking difficulty that can be less than total inability

claudication

vsgimpiness

Specialized

1 9.9

Leg pain or weakness that makes walking hard, often because blood flow is poor

is broader covering walking problems from many causes not only vascular pain

Antonyms

ability

∞ 1.0

Skill or power to do something

strength

∞ 1.2

Physical or mental power a person has to act

How Mobile

mobility

92 3.4

gimpiness

9.8

immobility

4 6.3

paralysis

81 5.4

Surface Forms

gimpiness singular

gimpinesses plural

Morphology

gimpiness = gimp (opaque) = gimp + iness

The noun 'gimp' is rare and not widely known, so the derivation to 'gimpiness' is not transparent for most learners.

Etymology

Gimpiness comes from gimp + -iness. The base gimp is an informal word meaning 'to limp' or 'walk with difficulty', so gimpiness is the state of having a limp — the difficulty in walking you might have after an injury.