Lamed
['lɑːmed]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Lame
Edited by Horace
Examples
- I've been lamed with orange-peel once, and I know orange-peel will be my death, or I'll be content to eat my own head, sir! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Their desire is for a full and expressive life and they do not relish a lop-sided and lamed humanity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The airy young Barnacle replied that they grew tired, got dead beat, got lamed, got their backs broken, died off, gave it up, went in for other games. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Edited by Horace