Lame, disabled in the limbs, maimed, crippled, weak, paralysed, palsied, paralyticįorms: OE lama, (lame), loma, ME lomme, ME lome, ME lam, ME– lame, lam, lome, lomme & (early pl.) lamen. –From Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionaryġ. Lame ‘A stab of a bayonet which has lamed me to the ground.’).ī. of an argument, excuse, account, narrative, or the like. Maimed, halting imperfect or defective, unsatisfactory as wanting a part or parts. said of the limb also of footsteps, etc.Ī. of, in, †on, †with (the crippled part).Į. disabled in the foot or leg, so as to walk haltingly or be unable to walk. Disabled through injury to, or defect in, a limb spec. Disabled or impaired in any way weak, infirm paralysed unable to move.ī. Old English had lęmian of equivalent formation (= Old Norse lęmja) which did not survive into Middle English.įorms: OE lama, ( lame), loma, ME lomme, ME lome, ME lam, ME– lame.Ī. Middle High German lüeme dull, slack, gentle, early modern German lumm, whence lümmel, “blockhead.”įrom the same root is Old Church Slavoni clomitĭ to break. Old Germanic *lamo an ablaut variant is *lômjo in Old High German luomi Old High German lam (Middle High German lam, modern German lahm) “ Singing songs like ‘The Man I Love’ or ‘Porgy’ is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.”īrowse related words in the Macmillan Thesaurus.Old English lama, lǫma (the weak declension is, from some unexplained cause, used in indefinite as well as definite context, the form in a being, moreover, commonly used for all genders), corresponding to Old Frisian lam, lom “ If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.”
“ And who so happy, O who – As the Duck and the Kangaroo?” The score of a duck in cricket got its name from the resemblance between a 0 and a duck’s egg.
You can explore more compounds and phrases by looking at the box on the right of the entry. As an adjective, lame-duck applies to a leader or parliament that has lost power and influence, usually because their time in office has known and imminent limits. A dead duck is someone who is due for punishment or something that is bound to fail, while a lame duck is someone who needs help and support. The main meanings of the verb are to lower your head or move downwards to push someone’s head under water, usually playfully and to avoid a difficult problem or issue. Duck or ducks is also used an endearment, now somewhat dated, in British English. The noun, in addition to meaning a type of water bird, also specifically refers to the female of this bird, and to its meat. The noun and verb duck have many meanings and occur in numerous compounds and idiomatic expressions, as well as a couple of phrasal verbs. The verb is later, dating from the 14th century. The first written occurrence is from the end of the 10th century. The noun duck comes from the Old English ‘duce’ which was derived from a verb meaning ‘to dive’.
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View the full definition in the Macmillan Dictionary A zero score by a batsman in a game of cricket
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