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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President Eisenhower's three legislative "imperatives" met with their inevitable ups and downs on Capitol Hill, but as Congress pushed toward August adjournment, all three were on the way up�bruised but not lamed.
From Time Magazine Archive
If these were valid, even in part, "the realities of the industrial world" meant that many businesses would be lamed, some crippled.
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
An orphan lamed by tuberculosis, he was a veteran in social work and child-welfare reform when he took over the Scouts.
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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