lamed
Americannoun
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the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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the consonant sound represented by this letter.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lamed
1655–65; < Hebrew lāmēdh; cf. lambda
Example Sentences
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Scott was lamed by a child hood attack of polio and was ill for much of his life; Dumas was in overpowering good health and spirits all his days.
From Time Magazine Archive
He opened the throttle; the plane caromed faster, tilting awkwardly up and down as if it were lamed.
From Time Magazine Archive
A syphilitic infection, contracted in his university days and never diagnosed, had progressively lamed his left leg, crippled his left arm, and in his last years reduced him to almost helpless invalidism.
From Time Magazine Archive
To small Drew University of Madison, N. J. fell the lamed Wendel mansion on 39th Street and Fifth Avenue, with a high-fenced side yard which was maintained exclusively for Spinster Wendel's toothless, asthmatic poodle Tobey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of them were small and troublesome, creatures who lamed horses and spoiled milk.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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