Lame Definition
(obsolete) To shine.
A lamina.
- those who are crippled by an injured or deformed leg or foot
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Lame
- the lame
Origin of Lame
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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
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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
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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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