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
- unlamed adjective
Etymology
Origin of lamed
1655–65; < Hebrew lāmēdh; lambda
Example Sentences
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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
Jim, the elder son, lamed by a riding accident, stayed home; but Ned went, was captured, finally released from a Yankee prison a broken man.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
In South Bend, Ind. Footballer William Shakespeare, who played three years in Notre Dame's backfield without injury, went picnicking, stepped in a woodchuck hole, lamed himself so thoroughly he had to take to crutches.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, lamed by pain, he went hesitantly, and did not raise his face, the left side of which was white with scars.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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