Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat lame; slightly limping.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat lame.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Somewhat
lame .
Etymologies
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lame + -ish
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Examples
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In consequence of this custom the females of this race, to quote an old English authority, had a ` ` waddling, lamish gesture in their going. ''
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In consequence of this custom the females of this race, to quote an old English authority, had a "waddling, lamish gesture in their going."
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And forasmuch as I discern'd; with some Degree of Curiosity, that the Sand was every where less hollow'd by one Foot in particular, than by the other three, I conceiv'd that the Bitch of our most august Queen was somewhat lamish, if I may presume to say so.
Zadig Or, The Book of Fate 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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