lameness

Variant of lame

lame definition

lame (lām)

adjective

  1. crippled; disabled; esp., having an injured leg or foot that makes one limp
  2. stiff and very painful a lame back
  3. poor, weak, unconvincing, ineffectual, etc. a lame excuse

Etymology: ME < OE lama, akin to Ger lahm, ON lami < IE base *lem-, to break > Russ lomat', to break

transitive verb lamed, laming lam′·ing

to make lame

noun

Slang a person who is conventional, conservative, old-fashioned, etc.; square

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