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Webster 1913 Edition
Lame
Lame
(lām)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Lamer
(lām′ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Lamest
.] [OE.
lame
, AS. lama
; akin to D. lam
, G. lahm
, OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam
, Icel. lami
, Russ. lomate
to break, lomota
rheumatism.] 1.
(a)
Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function;
as, a
. lame
leg, arm, or muscle(b)
To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled;
“Lame of one leg.” as, a
. lame
manArbuthnot.
“Lame in both his feet.” 2 Sam. ix. 13.
“He fell, and became lame.” 2 Sam. iv. 4.
2.
Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect;
“A lame endeavor.” as, a
. lame
answerBarrow.
O, most
lame
and impotent conclusion! Shakespeare
Lame
(lām)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lamed
(lāmd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Laming
.] To make lame.
If you happen to let child fall and
lame
it. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lame
LAME
,Adj.
1.
Crippled or disabled in a limb, or otherwise injured so as to be unsound and impaired in strength; as a lame arm or leg, or a person lame in one leg.2.
Imperfect; not satisfactory; as a lame excuse.3.
Hobbling; not smooth; as numbers in verse.LAME
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
lamé
lamé
English
Noun
lamé (plural lamés)
- (fencing) the electronically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers
- a fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton.
Quotations
- fabric
- Their king, Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), an epicene seven-footer with a shaved head and what looks like a gold-lamé thong, lounges on cushions in his court, surrounded by aroused lesbians intertwined and writhing like snakes in a basket. - The New Yorker, 02/04/07