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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The author invents an alter ego , character who prods the legally lamed Ian Hamilton to get on with his project despite the court's restrictions on paraphrasing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Slowly its 17th Century Tower built by lamed Sir Christopher Wren gathered new bells.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
“You and Mary hev lamed him right from wrong, Ed.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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