lame
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Old English lama, from the Proto-Germanic *lama-, from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to crush; fragile”). [1] Akin to German lahm and Dutch lam, Old Norse lami, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian lam, akin to Old Church Slavonic ломити (lomiti, “to break”).
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lame (comparative lamer, superlative lamest)
- unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
- moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function
- a lame leg, arm or muscle
- (by extension) hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
- (slang) unconvincing or unbelievable
- He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
- (slang) failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
- He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.
[edit] Usage notes
Referring to a person without a disability as “lame” is offensive to many as it suggests a derogatory characterization to the physical condition from which the term was derived.
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- (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs): crippled
- (moving with difficulty):
- (by extension, hobbling): hobbling, limping, inefficient, imperfect
- (slang, unconvincing): unconvincing, unbelievable
- (slang, failing to be cool, funny, interesting, or relevant): uncool, unfunny, uninteresting, irrelevant
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- (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs):
- (moving with difficulty):
- (by extension, hobbling): efficient, perfect
- (slang, unconvincing): convincing, believable
- (slang, failing to be cool, funny, interesting, or relevant): cool, funny, interesting, relevant
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unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
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moving with difficulty
by extension, hobbling
slang, unconvincing
slang, failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
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[edit] Verb
lame (third-person singular simple present lames, present participle laming, simple past and past participle lamed)
- (transitive) to cause a person or animal to become lame
- 1877: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: And if you don't want to lame your horse you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.
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to cause a person or animal to become lame
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle French, from Latin lamina
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lame (plural lames)
- a lamina
- pl. a set of joined, overlapping metal plates
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- ^ Pokorny 2365.
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lame
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lame f. (plural lames)
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From the English adjective lame.
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lame
- (slang) boring; unimpressive
- (slang) unskilled; useless
- Ich wollte nicht sagen, dass das was die machen total lame ist.
- I didn’t want to say that what they are doing is totally lame.
- Ich wollte nicht sagen, dass das was die machen total lame ist.
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lame f.
- Plural form of lama.
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lame f. (oblique plural lames, nominative singular lame, nominative plural lames)
- blade (of a weapon)
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lame (infinitive lamer)
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lamer.
- ¡Lame! — “Lick!”
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of lamer.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of lamer.
- Lame. — “[He/she/it] licks.”
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lame
- absolute definite natural masculine form of lam.
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