crampyadj.
/ˈkrampi/ Characterized by or liable to cramp; suffering from cramp or a similar affection; inducing cramp; of the nature of cramp.
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1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. A vj b It is good for them that haue their neke bowyng backward by vyolence of a crampy dysease.
1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. v. 72 The crampy convulsions of the leg.
1858 E. C. Gaskell Let. 10 May (1966) 504 We live in a queer pretty crampy house, at the back of a great farm house.
a1864 Howitt (quoted in Webster) This crampy country.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Crampy, rheumatic, lame.
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