Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nimble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nimble \Nim"ble\, a. [Compar. {Nimbler}; superl. {Nimblest}.]
[OE. nimel, prob. orig., quick at seizing, fr. nimen to take,
AS. niman; akin to D. nemen, G. nehmen, OHG. neman, Icel.
nema, Goth. nima, and prob. to Gr. ? to distribute. [root] 7.
Cf. {Nomand}, {Numb}.]
Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity;
lively; swift.
Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. --Pope.
Note: Nimble is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, nimble-footed,
nimble-pinioned, nimble-winged, etc.
{Nimble Will} (Bot.), a slender, branching, American grass
({Muhlenbergia diffusa}), of some repute for grazing
purposes in the Mississippi valley.
Syn: Agile; quick; active; brisk; lively; prompt.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nimble
adj 1: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast";
"as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of
foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the
stairs before we could stop it" [syn: {agile}, {quick},
{spry}]
2: mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" [syn: {agile}]
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