Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - lame
Lame
lame
adj. & v. --adj. 1 disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping; unable to walk normally (lame in his right leg). 2 a (of an argument, story, excuse, etc.) unconvincing; unsatisfactory; weak. b (of verse etc.) halting. --v.tr. 1 make lame; disable. 2 harm permanently. Phrases and idioms lame-brain US colloq. a stupid person. lame duck 1 a disabled or weak person. 2 a defaulter on the Stock Exchange. 3 a firm etc. in financial difficulties. 4 US an official (esp. the President) in the final period of office, after the election of a successor. Derivatives lamely adv. lameness n. lamish adj. Etymology: OE lama f. Gmc
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I. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lama; akin to Old High German lam ~, Lithuanian limti to break down Date: before 12th century 1. having a body part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement, marked by stiffness and soreness , lacking needful or desirable substance ; weak, ineffectual , not being in the know ; square, 4. inferior , contemptible, nasty , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. transitive verb (~d; laming) Date: 14th century to make ~ ; cripple, to make weak or ineffective ; disable, III. noun Date: 1959 a person who is not in the know ; square, IV. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin lamina Date: circa 1586 a thin plate especially of metal ; lamina, small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another (as in medieval armor) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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