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Imp

Imp Meaning & Definition
Imp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imp?

[n] (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
[n] one who is playfully mischievous

Synonyms | Synonyms for Imp: brownie | elf | gremlin | hob | monkey | pixie | pixy | rapscallion | rascal | scalawag | scallywag | scamp

Related Terms | Find terms related to Imp: appendage | Ariel | arm | bad boy | bad fairy | bad peri | banshee | Befind | booger | bough | branch | brat | brownie | buffoon | bugger | cluricaune | Corrigan | cutup | devil | deviling | devilkin | diablotin | Dingbelle | dwarf | elf | enfant terrible | erlking | fairy | fairy queen | fay | Fifinella | Finnbeara | funmaker | gamin | gnome | goblin | gremlin | hand | Hob | Hobgoblin | holy terror | hood | hoodlum | hooligan | JD | joint | joker | jokester | juvenile delinquent | knave | kobold | leg | leprechaun | limb | link | little devil | little monkey | little rascal | lobe | lobule | Mab | member | minx | mischief | mischief-maker | monkey | Oberon | offshoot | organ | ouphe | peri | pinion | pixie | poltergeist | pooka | practical joker | prankster | puca | Puck | punk | punk kid | pwca | ramification | rapscallion | rascal | rogue | rowdy | ruffian | runner | scamp | scapegrace | scion | spoiled brat | spray | sprig | sprite | spur | switch | sylph | sylphid | tail | tendril | Titania | tokoloshe | troll | twig | urchin | wag | whippersnapper | wing | young devil

See Also | brat | child | faerie | faery | fairy | fry | holy terror | kid | leprechaun | little terror | minor | nestling | nipper | shaver | small fry | sprite | terror | tiddler | tike | tyke | youngster

Imp In Webster's Dictionary

\Imp\, n. [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ymp, prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. ? engrafted, innate, fr. ? to implant; ? in + ? to produce; akin to E. be. See 1st {In-}, {Be}.] 1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.] The tender imp was weaned. --Fairfax. 3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. --Beattie. 4. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
\Imp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imping}.] [AS. impian to imp, ingraft, plant; akin to Dan. ympe, Sw. ympa, OHG. impf[=o]n, impit[=o]n, G. impfen. See {Imp}, n.] 1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. 2. (Falconry) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip. [Archaic] Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. --Shak. Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. --Fuller. Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. --Holmes. Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. --Cleveland.

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