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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “quick and light in movement or action”",
"word": "sluggish"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nimble-chops"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nimble-fingered"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nimblewill"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nimble-witted"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nimbly"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "nymyl"
},
"expansion": "Middle English nymyl",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nemel"
},
"expansion": "nemel",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nemyll"
},
"expansion": "nemyll",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nymell",
"t": "agile, quick, ready, able, capable"
},
"expansion": "nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "nǣmel",
"t": "receptive, quick to grasp"
},
"expansion": "Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "numol",
"t": "able to take, capable of holding"
},
"expansion": "Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "niman",
"3": "",
"4": "to take"
},
"expansion": "niman (“to take”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "-el"
},
"expansion": "-el",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "-ol",
"3": "",
"pos": "associative suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ol (associative suffix)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nim",
"3": "le"
},
"expansion": "nim + -le",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "nehmen"
},
"expansion": "German nehmen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "nema",
"3": "",
"4": "to take"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse nema (“to take”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nim"
},
"expansion": "nim",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nimbler",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "nimblest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "nimble (comparative nimbler, superlative nimblest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
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"Terms with collocations",
"Entry maintenance"
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "nimble fingers",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Adept at taking or grasping."
],
"id": "en-nimble-en-adj-36w1MJBX",
"links": [
[
"Adept",
"adept"
],
[
"taking",
"taking"
],
[
"grasping",
"grasping"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čevrǎst",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "чевръст"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "destre"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "obratný"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "hbitý"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "vingervlug"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zirak",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "زیرک"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "باهوش"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tiz",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "تیز"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "agil"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "cepkij",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цепкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 0 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "diestro"
}
]
},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -le",
"parents": [],
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1988, The Economist, volume 306, numbers 7532-7539, page 13",
"text": "Attempts to introduce versions of \"market communism\" — in China, Hungary or Yugoslavia — have shown how hard it is to make mainly state-owned economies as nimble as mainly private ones.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Quick and light in movement or action."
],
"id": "en-nimble-en-adj-2OLzzUHh",
"links": [
[
"Quick",
"quick"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"movement",
"movement"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "cəld"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrz",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "бърз"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podvižen",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "подвижен"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "àgil"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǐnjié",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "敏捷"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "mrštný"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "hbitý"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "rask"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "behendig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "wendbaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "lichtvoetig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ketterä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "vikkelä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "agile"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "fulgurant"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "preste"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leste"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "áxil"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "schnell"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "gelenkig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "behänd"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "wendig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leichtfüssig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "gewandt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "geschickt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efkínitos",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ευκίνητος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "svéltos",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "σβέλτος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eukínētos",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "εὐκίνητος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "laipsērós",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "λαιψηρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "koûphos",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "κοῦφος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "fürge"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "hajlékony"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "gyors"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "éasca"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "luaineach"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "mear"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "lúfar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "agile"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leggero"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "svelto"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "pernix"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "agilis"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "tūkawikawi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "kakama"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "kamakama"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "capaḷ",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "चपळ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leste"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "kjapp"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "rask"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čâbok",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "چابک"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čâlâk",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "چالاک"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ferz",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "فرز"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tiz",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "تیز"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "zręczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "zwinny"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ágil"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ligeiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ager"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "vioi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "agil"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provórnyj",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "прово́рный"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lóvkij",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ло́вкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šústryj",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "шу́стрый"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vjórtkij",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "вёрткий"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "býstryj",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "бы́стрый"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "laghu",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "लघु"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leish"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ágil"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "kvick"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "vig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "smidig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "snabb"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "lätt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ledig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "rask"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "klɔ̂ng",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "คล่อง"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "atik"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "çevik"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "açıkgöz"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "çabukluk"
}
]
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "agil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "cepkij",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цепкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "adept at taking or grasping",
"word": "diestro"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "cəld"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrz",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "бърз"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podvižen",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "подвижен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "àgil"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǐnjié",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "敏捷"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "mrštný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "hbitý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "rask"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "behendig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "wendbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "lichtvoetig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ketterä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "vikkelä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "agile"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "fulgurant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "preste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leste"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "áxil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "schnell"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "gelenkig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "behänd"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "wendig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leichtfüssig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "gewandt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "geschickt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efkínitos",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ευκίνητος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "svéltos",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "σβέλτος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eukínētos",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "εὐκίνητος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "laipsērós",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "λαιψηρός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "koûphos",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "κοῦφος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "fürge"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "hajlékony"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "gyors"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "éasca"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "luaineach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "mear"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "lúfar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "agile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leggero"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "svelto"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "pernix"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "agilis"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "tūkawikawi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "kakama"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "kamakama"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "capaḷ",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "चपळ"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leste"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "kjapp"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "rask"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čâbok",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "چابک"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čâlâk",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "چالاک"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ferz",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "فرز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tiz",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "تیز"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "zręczny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "zwinny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ágil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ligeiro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ager"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "vioi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "agil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provórnyj",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "прово́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lóvkij",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ло́вкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šústryj",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "шу́стрый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vjórtkij",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "вёрткий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "býstryj",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "бы́стрый"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "laghu",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "लघु"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "leish"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ágil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "kvick"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "vig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "smidig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "snabb"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "lätt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "ledig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "flink"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "rask"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "klɔ̂ng",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "คล่อง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "atik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "çevik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "açıkgöz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quick and light in movement or action",
"word": "çabukluk"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "zirək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "çevik"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "diribaş"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "qıvraq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nahodčiv",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "находчив"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎobrazitelen",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "съобразителен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "àgil"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "atent"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "bystrý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "pohotový"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "alert"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "gevat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "spits"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "nopeaälyinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "valpas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "vif"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "áxil"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "aleuto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "geschickt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "éfstrofos",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "εύστροφος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "okos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "ötletes"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "intelligente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "versatile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "sveglio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "pronto"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "naho"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of conversation",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "ngutu atamai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "atamai"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "capaḷ",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "चपळ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "rask"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zirak",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "زیرک"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "ágil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "esperto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "ager"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soobrazítelʹnyj",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "сообрази́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naxódčivyj",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "нахо́дчивый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "hábil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "despierto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "kvick"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "snabbtänkt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "livlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "pigg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "vaken"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "klɔ̂ng",
"sense": "quick-witted and alert",
"word": "คล่อง"
}
],
"word": "nimble"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms suffixed with -le",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɪmbəl",
"Rhymes:English/ɪmbəl/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "nymyl"
},
"expansion": "Middle English nymyl",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nemel"
},
"expansion": "nemel",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nemyll"
},
"expansion": "nemyll",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nymell",
"t": "agile, quick, ready, able, capable"
},
"expansion": "nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "nǣmel",
"t": "receptive, quick to grasp"
},
"expansion": "Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "numol",
"t": "able to take, capable of holding"
},
"expansion": "Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "niman",
"3": "",
"4": "to take"
},
"expansion": "niman (“to take”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "-el"
},
"expansion": "-el",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "-ol",
"3": "",
"pos": "associative suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ol (associative suffix)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nim",
"3": "le"
},
"expansion": "nim + -le",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "nehmen"
},
"expansion": "German nehmen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "nema",
"3": "",
"4": "to take"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse nema (“to take”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nim"
},
"expansion": "nim",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nimbles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nimbling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "nimbled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "nimbled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "nimble (third-person singular simple present nimbles, present participle nimbling, simple past and past participle nimbled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 72",
"text": "Their teeth are regularly and assiduously cleaned by shrimp that nimble in and out of the moray's mouth like ballet dancers in the jaws of a mechanical stage dragon.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To move nimbly."
],
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"(intransitive) To move nimbly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈnɪmbl̩/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪmbəl"
},
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],
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}
],
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}
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