Lame Definition

lām
lamed, lames, lamest, laming, lamer
adjective
lamest, lamer
Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible.
American Heritage Medicine
Crippled; disabled; esp., having an injured leg or foot that makes one limp.
Webster's New World
Marked by pain or rigidness.
A lame back.
American Heritage Medicine
Stiff and very painful.
A lame back.
Webster's New World
Weak, unconvincing, inadequate, etc.
A lame excuse.
Webster's New World
verb
lamed, lames, laming
To make lame.
Webster's New World

(obsolete) To shine.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
lames
A thin metal plate.
Webster's New World
The thin, overlapping metal plates in a piece of armor.
Webster's New World
A fabric of silk, wool, or cotton interwoven with metallic threads, as of gold or silver.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
the lame
  • those who are crippled by an injured or deformed leg or foot
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Lame

Adjective

Base Form:
lame
Comparative:
lamer
Superlative:
lamest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Lame

  • the lame

Origin of Lame

  • From Old English lama, from the Proto-Germanic *lama-, from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to crush; fragile”). Akin to German lahm and Dutch lam, Old Norse lami, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian lam, akin to Old Church Slavonic ломити (lomiti, “to break”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French spangled, laminated, lamé from Old French lame thin metal plate lame2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French from Old French from Latin lāmina thin plate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French lame, from Latin lamina.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English lama

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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