[lim.bo] n, pl limbos [ME, fr. ML, abl. of limbus limbo, fr. L, border] (14c) 1 often cap: an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
2. a: a place or state of restraint or confinement b: a place or state of neglect or oblivion "proposals kept in ~" c: an intermediate or transitional place or state d: a state of uncertainty
[2]limbo n, pl limbos [E of Trinidad & Barbados; akin to Jamaican E limba to bend, fr. E [3]limber] (ca. 1950): a West Indian acrobatic dance orig. for men that involves bending over backwards and passing under a horizontal pole lowered slightly for each successive pass