lame
Part of speech: adj
verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).
Inflected forms:
form: lamer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: lamest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: lames
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: laming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lamed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: lames
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
pos: adj
tags: especially
examples: With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.
Alone, alone, to where he sits,
The Shadow cloak’d from head to foot
Who keeps the keys of all the creeds,
⁠I wander, often falling lame,
And looking back to whence I came,
Or on to where the pathway leads; […]
gloss: Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
pos: adj
tags: especially
gloss: Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
pos: adj
tags: dated
especially
offensive
examples: a lame man
gloss: Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
dated
examples: a lame endeavour
O, most lame and impotent conclusion![…]
It is the remark of an ingenious writer, should a barbarous Indian, who had never seen a palace or a ship, view their separate and disjointed parts, and observe the pillars, doors, windows, cornices and turrets of the one, or the prow and stern, the ribs and masts, the ropes and shrouds, the sails and tackle of the other, he would be able to form but a very lame and dark idea of either of those excellent and useful inventions.
The ی consonant is our English y[…] It is really a sad mistake for us, who possess this useful consonant, to adopt the lame expedient to which other languages are forced to have recourse, namely, the use of the vowel i, with or without the diaresis over it.
gloss: Unconvincing or unbelievable.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
gloss: Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.
gloss: To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And if you don't want to lame your horse, you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.
Now her soul felt lamed in itself. It was her hope that was struck.
gloss: A stupid or undesirable person.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: You lames tryna clone my style and run wit it.
Derived words: crutches for lame ducks
help a lame dog over a stile
lamage
lameass
lamebrain
lamebrained
lame duck
lame-head
lamehead
lamely
lameness
lame-o
lameo
lameoid
lamer
lamesauce
lame sickness
lamester
lamestream
lame-stream
lametastic
lamewad
lamish
unlame
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: а́цыркь
roman: ácərkʲʼ
lang: Abkhaz
word: а́цыркьзаара
roman: ácərkʲʼzaara
lang: Abkhaz
word: ацыркьыԥа
roman: acərkʲʼəpa
lang: Abkhaz
word: аҭуԥа́л
roman: atupál
lang: Abkhaz
word: акәылԥаа́
roman: akʷʼəlpaá
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐕄𐔰𐔾𐔰
roman: ḳala
lang: Albanian
word: çalë
lang: Gheg Albanian
word: shkep
lang: Arabic
word: أَعْرَج
roman: ʔaʕraj
lang: Arabic
word: أَكْسَح
roman: ʔaksaḥ
lang: Arabic
word: أَشَلّ
roman: ʔašall
lang: Arabic
word: أعرج
roman: aʕrag
lang: Arabic
word: أعرج
roman: ʔaʕraj
lang: Aragonese
word: coixo
lang: Armenian
word: կաղ
roman: kaġ
lang: Aromanian
word: shcljop
lang: Asturian
word: coxu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: topal
lang: Bashkir
word: аҡһаҡ
roman: aqhaq
lang: Bashkir
word: сатан
roman: satan
lang: Belarusian
word: кульга́вы
roman: kulʹhávy
lang: Bhojpuri
word: लंगड़
roman: laṅgaṛ
lang: Bulgarian
word: куц
roman: kuc
lang: Catalan
word: coix
lang: Catalan
word: ranc
lang: Literary Chinese
word: 蹇
roman: jiān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 瘸腿
roman: quétuǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 跛
roman: bǒ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 跛足
roman: bǒzú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 瘸
roman: qué
lang: Czech
word: chromý
lang: Dalmatian
word: zuap
lang: Danish
word: lam
lang: Dutch
word: lam
lang: Dutch
word: verlamd
lang: Dutch
word: kreupel
lang: Dutch
word: mank
lang: Esperanto
word: lama
lang: Esperanto
word: kripla
lang: Finnish
word: rampa
lang: French
word: boiteux
lang: French
word: boiteuse
lang: West-Frisian
word: mank
lang: Friulian
word: çuet
lang: Galician
word: coxo
lang: Galician
word: rengo
lang: Georgian
word: კოჭლი
roman: ḳoč̣li
lang: Old Georgian
word: მკელობელი
roman: mḳelobeli
lang: German
word: lahm
lang: Greek
word: χωλός
roman: cholós
lang: Greek
word: κουτσός
roman: koutsós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: χωλός
roman: khōlós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σκιμβός
roman: skimbós
lang: Pontic Greek
word: κοτσός
roman: kotsós
lang: Pontic Greek
word: ξεροπόδαρος
roman: xeropódaros
lang: Hebrew
word: צוֹלֵעַ
roman: tzoléa'
lang: Hindi
word: लंग
roman: laṅg
lang: Hindi
word: अपंग
roman: apaṅg
lang: Hindi
word: पंगु
roman: paṅgu
lang: Hindi
word: लँगड़ा
roman: laṅgṛā
lang: Hungarian
word: sánta
lang: Icelandic
word: lamaður
lang: Ingrian
word: rampa
lang: Interlingua
word: claude
lang: Irish
word: bacach
lang: Italian
word: zoppo
lang: Japanese
word: 足の不自由な
roman: ashi-no fujiyū-na
lang: Japanese
word: 足の悪い
roman: ashi-no warui
lang: Latin
word: claudus
lang: Lithuanian
word: luošas
lang: Lithuanian
word: šlubas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: schlamm
lang: Macedonian
word: куц
roman: kuc
lang: Manchu
word: ᡩᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ
roman: doholon
lang: Māori
word: tahakopa
lang: Māori
word: hauā
lang: Māori
word: waehauā
lang: Māori
word: tūparaka
lang: Mongolian
word: доголон
roman: dogolon
lang: Neapolitan
word: sciancato
lang: Occitan
word: garrèl
lang: Occitan
word: ranc
lang: Old English
word: lama
lang: Ossetian
word: къуылых
lang: Persian
word: لنگ
roman: lang
lang: Plautdietsch
word: lom
lang: Polish
word: kulawy
lang: Polish
word: kulejący
lang: Polish
word: chromy
lang: Portuguese
word: manco
lang: Portuguese
word: perneta
lang: Portuguese
word: coxo
lang: Portuguese
word: capenga
lang: Quechua
word: hank'a
lang: Quechua
word: sucu
lang: Quechua
word: magro
lang: Quechua
word: wist'u
lang: Romanian
word: șchiop
lang: Romanian
word: olog
lang: Romansh
word: zop
lang: Russian
word: хромо́й
roman: xromój
lang: Russian
word: хрома́ющий
roman: xromájuščij
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: хром
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: hrom
lang: Sicilian
word: ciuncu
lang: Sicilian
word: ciancatu
lang: Sicilian
word: zoppu
lang: Slovak
word: chromý
lang: Spanish
word: cojo
lang: Spanish
word: rengo
lang: Spanish
word: renco
lang: Spanish
word: arrengado
lang: Swedish
word: lam
lang: Tausug
word: pilay
lang: Telugu
word: కుంటి
roman: kuṇṭi
lang: Thai
word: ง่อย
roman: ngɔ̂i
lang: Thai
word: ง่อยเปลี้ยเสียขา
lang: Thai
word: ขากะเผลก
roman: kǎa-gà-plèek
lang: Thai
word: ขาเป๋
roman: kǎa-bpěe
lang: Thai
word: ขาพิการ
roman: kǎa-pí-gaan
lang: Turkish
word: topal
lang: Udi
word: кӏала
roman: ḳala
lang: Ukrainian
word: кульга́вий
roman: kulʹhávyj
lang: Venetan
word: cionpo
lang: Venetan
word: soto
lang: Venetan
word: zhot
lang: Venetan
word: çoto
lang: Arabic
word: أَعْرَج
roman: ʔaʕraj
lang: Dutch
word: kreupel
lang: Dutch
word: mankend
lang: Finnish
word: heikko
lang: Finnish
word: rampa
lang: Finnish
word: ontuva
lang: Greek
word: χωλός
roman: cholós
lang: Greek
word: κουτσός
roman: koutsós
lang: Hungarian
word: nyomorék
lang: Hungarian
word: béna
lang: Portuguese
word: manco
lang: Romanian
word: handicapat
lang: Romanian
word: schiopatand
lang: Russian
word: искале́ченный
roman: iskaléčennyj
lang: Russian
word: уве́чный
roman: uvéčnyj
lang: Sicilian
word: ciuncu
lang: Sicilian
word: acciuncatu
lang: Thai
word: กะเผลก
roman: gà-plèek
lang: Thai
word: โผลกเผลก
lang: Thai
word: กะโผลกกะเผลก
lang: Thai
word: โขยกเขยก
lang: Thai
word: ง่องแง่ง
lang: Thai
word: กระง่องกระแง่ง
lang: Thai
word: ย่องแย่ง
lang: Thai
word: กระย่องกระแย่ง
lang: Arabic
word: سخيف
roman: saḵīf
lang: Arabic
word: بايخ
roman: bāyiḵ
lang: Bulgarian
word: скучен
roman: skučen
lang: Bulgarian
word: безинтересен
roman: bezinteresen
lang: Catalan
word: sonso
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 遜 /逊
roman: xùn
lang: Danish
word: lamt
lang: Dutch
word: flauw
lang: Esperanto
word: malmojosa
lang: Estonian
word: nõme
lang: Finnish
word: typerä
lang: Finnish
word: tyhmä
lang: Finnish
word: ontuva
lang: Finnish
word: laimea
lang: French
word: nul
lang: French
word: naze
lang: French
word: poche
lang: French
word: ringard
lang: Georgian
word: ბანძი
roman: banʒi
lang: German
word: ätzend
lang: German
word: öde
lang: Hebrew
word: צוֹלֵעַ
roman: tzoléa'
lang: Hungarian
word: béna
lang: Indonesian
word: cupu
lang: Italian
word: patetico
lang: Italian
word: stupido
lang: Japanese
word: ださい
roman: dasai
lang: Japanese
word: 寒い
roman: samui
lang: Macedonian
word: до́саден
roman: dósaden
lang: Macedonian
word: здо́девен
roman: zdódeven
lang: Macedonian
word: неинте́ресен
roman: neintéresen
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: teit
lang: Polish
word: kiepski
lang: Portuguese
word: palha
lang: Portuguese
word: sem graça
lang: Portuguese
word: chato
lang: Romanian
word: anost
lang: Romanian
word: plictisitor
lang: Romanian
word: sters
lang: Russian
word: беспонто́вый
roman: bespontóvyj
lang: Russian
word: отсто́йный
roman: otstójnyj
lang: Spanish
word: chafa
lang: Spanish
word: soso
lang: Spanish
word: monse
lang: Spanish
word: monsefú
lang: Swedish
word: lam
lang: Thai
word: กระจอก
roman: grà-jɔ̀ɔk
lang: Thai
word: กาก
roman: gàak
lang: Thai
word: เฉิ่ม
roman: chə̀m
lang: Thai
word: เชย
roman: chəəi
lang: Thai
word: แป้ก
roman: bpɛ̂k
lang: Thai
word: เสร่อ
roman: sà-rə̀ə
lang: Thai
word: เสี่ยว
roman: sìao
lang: Thai
word: ห่วย
roman: hùai
lang: Thai
word: เห่ย
roman: hə̀əi
lang: Turkish
word: geyik