lamenessn.
/ˈleɪmnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈleɪmnᵻs/ The condition or quality of being lame; unsoundness of a limb causing halting movement; figurative imperfectness, defectiveness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > types of: defectiveness or faultiness
defection1526
faultiness1530
lameness1530
defecta1538
badness1539
defectuosity1602
defectiveness1603
defectibilitya1617
shortness1644
defectuousness1654
defectability1662
demerit1832
wonkiness1982
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun]
lameness1530
crippledom1861
cripplehood1864
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 237/1 Lamenesse, mehaygneté.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 31/1 The patient is wholye cured, without retayninge any lamnes in his arm.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. ix. 78 On the Temple is a sinew, which if that be cut, it causeth lameness in the jaw bone.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 18 I love not to hear it, that there is a lameness in this House.
1672 J. Dryden Def. Epilogue in Conquest Granada 163 The lameness of their Plots.
1723 S. Morland Specimen Lat. Dict. 9 As for the Law, care has been taken to help the Lameness of their Latin.
1782 A. Wilson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 161 The lameness of the views..may..proceed..from our..imperfect knowledge.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xl. 50 Complaining of the lameness of our bones, from the chase on the former day.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. vii. 569 Respecting the lameness of Tyrtæus, we can say nothing.
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