One who is disabled (either from birth, or by accident or injury) from the use of his limbs; a lame person.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person (15) cripplec950 One who is disabled (either from birth, or by accident or injury) from the use of his limbs; a lame person. lameOE Of a person or animal. absol. maimed1340 With the: maimed people regarded as a class. halterc1440 One who halts or limps, as a cripple. maima1500 figurative. Damage to or loss of some essential part; a grave defect, blemish, or disablement. Obsolete. maim?a1500 A maimed person. Now only with the: maimed people as a class (cf. maimed, n.). Vulcan1600 allusively. A lame person, esp. one whose leg is deformed. Now rare. lamester1639 = lameter, n. limpard1653 A contemptuous name for one who limps, a cripple. vulcanist1656 A lame person; = Vulcan, n. 2b. Obsolete. rare. lameter1823 A lame person; a cripple. gammy1893 slang. A lame or crippled person. Obsolete. hoppy1904 A lame man. crip1918 = cripple, n. gimp1925 A lame person, a cripple; a lame leg; a limp. Also as v., to limp, hobble (1961 in Webster). |
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