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cripply

adj

Etymology

From cripple + -y.

  1. derived from *ger-✻
  2. derived from *grewb-✻
  3. derived from *krupilaz✻
  4. derived from crypel
  5. derived from cripel
  6. suffixed as cripply — “cripple + y”

Definitions

  1. lame

    lame; disabled; crippled

    • When my mistress brought back the news of the little fellow's death, his poor mother, who was but a sickly, cripply sort of body, just broke her heart and died […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA