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Definitions for Lame

[1] crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
[2] impaired or disabled through defect or injury: a lame arm.
[3] weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy: a lame excuse.
[4] Slang . out of touch with modern fads or trends; unsophisticated.
[5] to make lame or defective.
[6] Slang . a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
[7] any of a number of thin, overlapping plates composing a piece of plate armor, as a fauld, tasset, or gauntlet.
[8] an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
[9] disabled or crippled in the legs or feet
[10] painful or weak a lame back
[11] weak; unconvincing a lame excuse
[12] not effective or enthusiastic a lame try
[13] US slang conventional or uninspiring
[14] (tr) to make lame
[15] one of the overlapping metal plates used in armour after about 1330; splint
[16] a fabric of silk, cotton, or wool interwoven with threads of metal (as modifier ) a gold lamé gown

Words related to Lame

sore, flimsy, disabled, halt, stiff, deformed, pained, handicapped, raw, game, hobbling, bruised, gimp, poor, thin, faltering, gimpy, faulty, flabby, inadequate

Words nearby Lame

lambrequin, lambrinudi operation, lambrusco, lambskin, lamda, lame, lame duck, lame-duck session, lamebrain, lamech, lamed

Origin of Lame

é1920–25; < French, equivalent to lame lame2 + -é < Latin -ātus -ate1

Words that may be confused with Lame

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, lamélame, lamé

Other words from Lame

lame·ly , adverb
lame·ness , noun

Word origin for Lame

éfrom French, from Old French lame gold or silver thread, thin plate, from Latin lāmina thin plate

Synonyms for Lame

sore, bruised, deformed, disabled, game, gimp, halt, handicapped, hobbling, limping, pained, raw, sidelined, stiff, gimpy