- limbo (1)
- "region supposed to exist on the border of Hell" reserved for pre-Christian saints (Limbus patrum) and unbaptized infants (Limbus infantum);" c.1300, from L. (in) limbo "(on) the edge," abl. of limbus "edge, border" (see limb (2)). Figurative sense of "condition of neglect or oblivion" is from 1642.
- limbo (2)
- dance in which the dancer bends backward and passes under a bar, 1956, of W.Indian origin, probably an alteration of limber.