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lame

1   [leym] adjective, lam·er, lam·est, verb, lamed, lam·ing, noun
adjective
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.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make lame or defective.

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noun
6.
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English (adj. and v.); Old English lama (adj.); cognate with Dutch lam, German lahm, Old Norse lami; akin to Lithuanian lúomas

Related forms
lame·ly, adverb
lame·ness, noun
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lame

2   [leym; Fr. lam]
noun, plural lames  [leym; Fr. lam] . Armor.
any of a number of thin, overlapping plates composing a piece of plate armor, as a fauld, tasset, or gauntlet.
Origin:
1580–90; < Middle French < Latin lāmina a thin piece or plate

la·mé

   [la-mey; Fr. la-mey]
noun
an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
Origin:
1920–25; < French, equivalent to lame lame2 + -é < Latin -ātus -ate1

Can be confused: lame, lamé.
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lame1 (leɪm)
 
—adj
1.  disabled or crippled in the legs or feet
2.  painful or weak: a lame back
3.  weak; unconvincing: a lame excuse
4.  not effective or enthusiastic: a lame try
5.  slang (US) conventional or uninspiring
 
—vb
6.  (tr) to make lame
 
[Old English lama; related to Old Norse lami, German lahm]
 
'lamely1
 
—adv
 
'lameness1
 
—n

lame2 (leɪm)
 
—n
one of the overlapping metal plates used in armour after about 1330; splint
 
[C16: via Old French from Latin lāmina a thin plate, lamina]

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Word Origin & History

lamé
"silk interwoven with metallic threads," 1922, from Fr., earlier "thin metal plate" (1586), from M.Fr. lame, from L. lamina, lamna "thin piece or flake of metal."
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lame
O.E. lama. from P.Gmc. *lamon (cf. O.N. lami, Du., O.Fris. lam, Ger. lahm "lame"), "weak-limbed," lit. "broken," from PIE base *lem- "to break" (cf. O.C.S. lomiti "to break," Lith. luomas "lame"). Sense of "socially awkward" is attested from 1942. Verb meaning "to make lame" is attested from c.1300.
Related: Lamely; lameness. Lame-brain (n.) is first recorded 1929.
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lame (lām)
adj. lam·er, lam·est

  1. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible.

  2. Marked by pain or rigidness.

v. lamed, lam·ing, lames
To cause to become lame; cripple.

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lame definition


and laine; lane
  1. mod.
    inept; inadequate; undesirable. : That guy's so lame, it's pitiful.
  2. n.
    a squareperson. (Streets. Underworld.) : Let's see if that lame over there has anything we want in his pockets.
  3. n.
    an inept person. : The guy turned out to be a lame, and we had to fire him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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