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lamé

 
Dictionary: la·mé   (lă-mā') pronunciation

n.
A brocaded fabric woven with metallic threads, often of gold or silver.

[French, spangled, laminated, lamé, from Old French lame, thin metal plate. See lame2.]


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IN BRIEF: Crippled or physically disabled in one or more limbs, especially the lower extremities; Disabled; Weak.

pronunciation If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. — Plato

 
 

 

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