What does lamé mean?

Definitions for lamé
læˈmeɪ, lɑ-lamé

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. square, lamenoun

    someone who doesn't understand what is going on

  2. lameadjective

    a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

    "she wore a gold lame dress"

  3. feeble, lameadjective

    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

    "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

  4. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameverb

    disabled in the feet or legs

    "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

  5. cripple, lameverb

    deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

    "The accident has crippled her for life"

Wiktionary

  1. laménoun

    the electronically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers

  2. laménoun

    a fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. LAMEadjective

    Etymology: laam, lama , Saxon; lam, Dutch.

    Who reproves the lame, must go upright. Daniel.

    A greyhound, of a mouse colour, lame of one leg, belongs to a lady. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scrib.

    Our authors write,
    Whether in prose, or verse, ’tis all the same;
    The prose is fustian, and the numbers lame. John Dryden, Pers.

    Shrubs are formed into sundry shapes, by moulding them within, and cutting them without; but they are but lame things, being too small to keep figure. Francis Bacon.

    Swift, who could neither fly nor hide,
    Came sneaking to the chariot side;
    And offer’d many a lame excuse,
    He never meant the least abuse. Jonathan Swift.

  2. To Lameverb

    To make lame; to cripple.

    Etymology: from the adjective.

    I never heard of such another encounter, which lames report to follow it, and undoes description to do it. William Shakespeare.

    The son and heir
    Affronted once a cock of noble kind,
    And either lam’d his legs, or struck him blind. Dryd.

    If you happen to let the child fall, and lame it, never confess. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. LAME

    LAME is a software encoder that converts digital audio into the MP3 Audio coding format. LAME is a free software project that was first released in 1998, and has incorporated many improvements since then, including an improved psychoacoustic model. The LAME encoder outperforms early encoders like L3enc and possibly the "gold standard encoder" MP3enc, both marketed by Fraunhofer.LAME was required by some programs released as free software in which LAME was linked for MP3 support, but the patent has expired. This avoided including LAME itself, which use patented techniques, and so required patent licenses in some countries. LAME is now bundled with Audacity, which previously required a separate download for LAME.

ChatGPT

  1. lame

    Lame is an adjective primarily used in two contexts. 1) In a medical or physical context, it refers to someone who is unable to walk properly or has difficulty in movement due to an injury or disability, particularly related to their feet or legs. 2) In a social or cultural context, it is used informally to describe something as unimpressive, unsatisfactory, or dull. It can refer to a person, place, thing, idea, or event.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lame

    moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle

  2. Lame

    to some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man

  3. Lame

    hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect

  4. Lameverb

    to make lame

  5. Etymology: [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm, OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.]

Wikidata

  1. LAME

    LAME is a free software codec used to encode/compress audio into the lossy MP3 file format.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lame

    lām, adj. disabled in the limbs: hobbling: unsatisfactory: imperfect.—v.t. to make lame: to cripple: to render imperfect.—n. Lame′-duck (slang), a bankrupt.—adv. Lame′ly.—n. Lame′ness.—adj. Lam′ish, a little lame: hobbling. [A.S. lama, lame; Dut. lam, Ger. lahm.]

Suggested Resources

  1. LAMÉ

    What does LAMÉ stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LAMÉ acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LAME

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lame is ranked #48530 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lame surname appeared 435 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lame.

    76.5% or 333 total occurrences were White.
    8.7% or 38 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    5.2% or 23 total occurrences were Black.
    5% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.9% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.3% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lamé in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lamé in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of lamé in a Sentence

  1. Virdie Montgomery:

    I delivered that joke nearly 600 times. So its pretty lame.

  2. Mitch McConnell:

    In the last midterm election before Justice Scalias death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck presidents second term. We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party presidents Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year, by contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Preident Trump and support Preident Trump agenda, particularly Preident Trump outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise. President Trumps nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.

  3. Tatiana Stanovaya:

    The successor issue disappears. The issue of Putin as a lame duck disappears.

  4. Victor Paul Alvarez:

    I know that I'm not that guy, the person who was struggling to put topspin on a story and came up with that lame joke, I know that's not me. Now I'm trying to figure out the writer I'm going to be.

  5. Samantha Cohen:

    One time Donald Trump told on me after Donald Trump saw me smoking cigarettes outside of our building, it was so lame.

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