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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : leym |
Phonetic Transcription : leɪm |
Definition of lameness
Origin :- 1520s, from lame (adj.) + -ness.
- As in limp : noun faltering walk
- As in feebleness : noun lack of strength; ineffectiveness
- I do not know how it is, but even her lameness is becoming to her.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
- If the lameness arise from contraction, rather than from weakness, the best means will be frequent rubbing of the part affected.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- His lameness, which was slight, was due to a long-standing infirmity of the hip.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- I shall get rid of my lameness there, Margaret, shall I not?
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- Until now, Margaret had not known to what a degree the lameness of Euphra had troubled her.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- You will be a better scholar for your lameness, I have no doubt.
- Extract from : « The Crofton Boys » by Harriet Martineau
- Whether he had inquired, or been told, the story of Hugh's lameness, they did not know.
- Extract from : « The Crofton Boys » by Harriet Martineau
- Her lameness had been caused by paralysis, but the date of her attack was not known.
- Extract from : « The Gray Madam » by Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)
- Even deformities, as lameness, follow the individual into the grave.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- First you seem so cheerful; then you make light of my lameness.
- Extract from : « Reels and Spindles » by Evelyn Raymond
Synonyms for lameness
- bad wheel
- debility
- decrepitude
- delicacy
- disease
- effeteness
- enervation
- etiolation
- exhaustion
- falter
- flat wheel
- flimsiness
- floppy
- frailness
- frailty
- gimp
- halt
- hitch
- hobble
- inability
- inadequacy
- incapacity
- incompetence
- ineffectualness
- infirmity
- infirmness
- insignificance
- insufficiency
- lameness
- languor
- lassitude
- malaise
- senility
- sickliness
- unhealthiness
- weakness
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