lame
1[leym]
adjective, lam·er, lam·est.
crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
impaired or disabled through defect or injury: a lame arm.
weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy: a lame excuse.
Slang. out of touch with modern fads or trends; unsophisticated.
verb (used with object), lamed, lam·ing.
to make lame or defective.
noun
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
Origin of lame
1before 900; Middle English (adj. and v.); Old English lama (adj.); cognate with Dutch lam, German lahm, Old Norse lami; akin to Lithuanian lúomas
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Related Words for lameness
hitch, halt, floppy, falter, hobble, gimp, incapacity, languor, inadequacy, enervation, exhaustion, senility, weakness, incompetence, delicacy, decrepitude, insufficiency, malaise, frailty, infirmityExamples from the Web for lameness
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I do not know how it is, but even her lameness is becoming to her.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, CompleteElizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
If the lameness arise from contraction, rather than from weakness, the best means will be frequent rubbing of the part affected.
His lameness, which was slight, was due to a long-standing infirmity of the hip.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
I shall get rid of my lameness there, Margaret, shall I not?
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
Until now, Margaret had not known to what a degree the lameness of Euphra had troubled her.
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
lamé
noun
Word Origin for lamé
from French, from Old French lame gold or silver thread, thin plate, from Latin lāmina thin plate
lame
1adjective
verb
Word Origin for lame
Old English lama; related to Old Norse lami, German lahm
lame
2noun
Word Origin for lame
C16: via Old French from Latin lāmina a thin plate, lamina
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