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lamish

adj

Etymology

From lame + -ish.

  1. derived from *h₃lemH-✻ — “to tire; to break”
  2. inherited from *lamaz✻ — “lame”
  3. inherited from *lam✻
  4. inherited from lama — “lame”
  5. inherited from lame
  6. suffixed as lamish — “lame + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat lame.

    • I was rather puzzled about Wild Dayrell's chance at first, when a big light horse, with "P" on the sheets and a lamish hock, passed me; but I soon found out my error, and joined the cortige of the real Simon Pure.

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