limpness

intransitive verb

1. to walk with or as with a lame or partially disabled leg
2. to move or proceed unevenly, jerkily, or laboriously, as because of being impaired, defective, damaged, etc.

Origin: ME lympen < OE limpan, to befall, occur (in a specialized sense, to walk lamely), akin to MHG limpfen, to walk with a limp, OHG limfan, to befall, happen < IE *(s)lemb- < base *leb-, to hang down, be limp > slump, MHG lumpe, rag, L labor, limbus

noun