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Definitions for Lameness
[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] a fabric of silk, cotton, or wool interwoven with threads of metal (as modifier ) a gold lamé gown
[8] disabled or crippled in the legs or feet
[9] painful or weak a lame back
[10] weak; unconvincing a lame excuse
[11] not effective or enthusiastic a lame try
[12] US slang conventional or uninspiring
[13] (tr) to make lame
[14] one of the overlapping metal plates used in armour after about 1330; splint
Words related to Lameness
lamehitch, halt, floppy, falter, hobble, gimp, incapacity, languor, inadequacy, enervation, exhaustion, senility, weakness, incompetence, delicacy, decrepitude, insufficiency, malaise, frailty, infirmity
Words nearby Lameness
lamelambrequin, lambrinudi operation, lambrusco, lambskin, lamda, lame, lame duck, lame-duck session, lamebrain, lamech, lamed
Origin of Lameness
1before 900; Middle English (adj. and v.); Old English lama (adj.); cognate with Dutch lam, German lahm, Old Norse lami; akin to Lithuanian lúomas
Words that may be confused with Lameness
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, lamelame, lamé
Other words from Lameness
lame·ly , adverb
lame·ness , noun
Word origin for Lameness
C16: via Old French from Latin lāmina a thin plate, lamina
Synonyms for Lameness
hitch, falter, floppy, gimp, halt, hobble, bad wheel, flat wheel