lame.
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
Meaning & usage
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. That cannot be moved properly.
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. Physically disabled.
a lame man
Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
Unconvincing or unbelievable.
He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).
To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).
A stupid or undesirable person.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).
A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French lame, from Latin lāmina. Doublet of lamina.
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