Limbo
Limbo (lim"bo) , noun
[Latin limbus border, edge in limbo on the border. Compare Limb border.]
1.
(Scholastic Theology) An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment.
As far from help as Limbo is from bliss.
A Limbo large and broad, since called
The Paradise of fools.
The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense.
2.
Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
3.
A state of waiting, or uncertainty, in which final judgment concerning the outcome of a decision is postponed, perhaps indefinitely; neglect for an indefinite time; as, the proposal was left in limbo while opponents and proponents refused to compromise.
4.
(Anatomy) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
Also: Limbus
Limbo (lim"bo) , noun
[Jamaican English limba to bend, from English limber (1950) MW10]
A West Indian dance contest, in which participants must dance under a pole which is lowered successively until only one participant can successfully pass under, without falling. It is often performed at celebrations, such as weddings. — MW10