lameterlamitern.

Brit.

/ˈleɪmᵻtə/, U.S.

/ˈleɪmədər/, Scottish English

/ˈlemᵻtər/

Forms: Also 1800s lametar, laimeter.

Etymology: < lame adj.; the formation is obscure.

Scottish and dialect.

A lame person; a cripple.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person

cripplec950

lameOE

maimed1340

halterc1440

maima1500

maim?a1500

Vulcan1600

lamester1639

limpard1653

vulcanist1656

lameter1823

gammy1893

hoppy1904

crip1918

gimp1925

1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose II. 162 He proved a lametar to the day of his death.

1839 J. Struthers Poor Man's Sabbath (new ed.) xcii. 39 A lisping lamiter, of feeble frame.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 275 You have..friends who will..not suffer you to devote yourself to a blind lameter like me.

1884 J. Payne 1001 Nights VIII. 119 The king..sent after her that one-eyed lameter, for that he was his chief vizier.

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xliii. 307 A foot..came into the passage, dunt-duntin' like a lameter hirplin' on two staves.

attributive.1823 J. Galt Entail I. xiii. 95 Jenny Hirple, a lameter woman, who went round among the houses of the heritors of the parish with a stilt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lameter
释义	lameterlamitern. Brit. /ˈleɪmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˈleɪmədər/, Scottish English /ˈlemᵻtər/ Forms: Also 1800s lametar, laimeter. Etymology: < lame adj.; the formation is obscure. Scottish and dialect. A lame person; a cripple. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person cripplec950 lameOE maimed1340 halterc1440 maima1500 maim?a1500 Vulcan1600 lamester1639 limpard1653 vulcanist1656 lameter1823 gammy1893 hoppy1904 crip1918 gimp1925 1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose II. 162 He proved a lametar to the day of his death. 1839 J. Struthers Poor Man's Sabbath (new ed.) xcii. 39 A lisping lamiter, of feeble frame. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 275 You have..friends who will..not suffer you to devote yourself to a blind lameter like me. 1884 J. Payne 1001 Nights VIII. 119 The king..sent after her that one-eyed lameter, for that he was his chief vizier. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xliii. 307 A foot..came into the passage, dunt-duntin' like a lameter hirplin' on two staves. attributive.1823 J. Galt Entail I. xiii. 95 Jenny Hirple, a lameter woman, who went round among the houses of the heritors of the parish with a stilt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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