Lamest vs Ladest - What's the difference?
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(lame)
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
(by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
* Barrow
* Shakespeare
(slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
(slang) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
(slang) Strangely corny or sweet to an extent.
to cause a person or animal to become lame
* 1877', Anna Sewell, ''Black Beauty'': And if you don't want to ' lame your horse you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.
* 1913 ,
(archaic) (lade)
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To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
* Bible, Genesis xlii. 26
To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
* Shakespeare
To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
(nautical) To admit water by leakage.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The mouth of a river.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
(Scottish) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
(Webster 1913)
As an adjective lamest
is (lame).As a verb ladest is
(archaic) (lade).lamest
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Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*lame
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(wikipedia lame)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a lame leg, arm or muscle
- a lame endeavour
- O, most lame and impotent conclusion!
- He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
- He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.
- I told him not to bring me flowers, so he brought a bunch of carrots instead. It was lame but it made me smile.
Usage notes
Referring to a person without a disability as “lame” is offensive to many as it suggests a derogatory characterization of the physical condition from which the term was derived.Synonyms
* (sense, unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) crippled * (moving with difficulty) * (sense) hobbling, limping, inefficient, imperfect * (sense) unconvincing, unbelievable * uncool, unfunny, uninteresting, irrelevantAntonyms
* (sense, unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) * (moving with difficulty) * (sense) efficient, perfect * (sense) convincing, believable * cool, funny, interesting, relevantDerived terms
* lame duck * lamage * lamebrain * lamely * lameness * lamestream * lame-oVerb
(lam)- Now her soul felt lamed in itself. It was her hope that was struck.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) lame, from (etyl) lamina.Etymology 3
References
Anagrams
* ----ladest
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Verb
(head)lade
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), akin to (etyl) ).Verb
- And they laded their asses with the corn.
- to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
- And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.
Etymology 2
English dialect, a ditch or drain. Compare (lode), (lead) to conduct.Noun
(en noun)- (Bishop Gibson)