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lame
I. \ˈlām\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lama; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German lam lame, crippled, Old Norse lami lame, Middle Welsh llyveithin weak, Lithuanian lìmti to break down, and perhaps to Greek nōlemes untiringly
1.
a. : physically disabled; also : having a part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement
b. : halting in movement : limping
2. : lacking needful parts : ill composed : weak, inarticulate, halting
< put up some story to the rector — it must have been a pretty lame one — Dorothy Sayers >
< a broken leg is not so bad as a lame intellect — Irving Bacheller >
< machines, at their best, are lame counterfeits of living organisms — Lewis Mumford >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English lamen, from lame, adjective
1. : to make lame : cripple
< was lamed for life, and could never ride horseback again — Willa Cather >
2. : to make impotent or vain : disable, frustrate, hamstring, maim, nullify, undercut
< lamed the productive and recuperative capacities of Europe generally — G.F.Kennan >
< that would lame your power of bargaining with him — G.B.Shaw >
< schools lamed by losses of staff — C.E.Montague >
III.
chiefly Scotland
variant of loam
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin lamina
1. : a thin plate (as of metal) : lamina
2. lames plural : small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another and form a piece of medieval armor
V. adjective
1. slang : not being in the know : square
2.
a. : inferior
< a lame school >
b. : contemptible : nasty
< lame racist jokes >
VI. \ˈlām\ noun
(-s)
slang : a person who is not in the know |