The word “limp” functions as a vivid descriptor in literature, used both literally and metaphorically to convey a range of meanings—from physical weakness or decay to a broader sense of emotional or existential depletion. It describes tangible frailty, as when a character’s hand or body loses its firmness due to cold or despair ([1], [2]), or when a figure’s gait falters under strain or injury ([3], [4], [5]). At the same time, writers extend its usage to evoke symbolic imagery, comparing abstract conditions or inanimate objects to a limp, lifeless state ([6], [7], [8]). Whether characterizing physical debilitation or the inefficacy of an idea or object, “limp” is deployed to powerfully underline a sense of diminished vitality ([9], [10], [11]).