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Definition of Lamish
1. a. Somewhat lame.
Definition of Lamish
1. Adjective. Somewhat lame. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lamish
1. somewhat lame [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamish
Literary usage of Lamish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... and lamish. Monstrous, monstrous, and palpable; not to be spoken of in a
Christian congregation ! thou hast ..."
2. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1842)
"... and lamish. Monstrous, monstrous, and palpable; not to be spoken of in a
christian congregation ! thou hast ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec. paralytic. crippled, a. lame, lamish (rare); spec. paralyzed, maimed.
crisis, n. 1. turn, turning-point, ..."
4. Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott (1827)
"A fitter subject for punishment could not have occurred, and 1 lamish was sentenced
to immediate execution. All which the interference of his captain in his ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1819)
"Although he seems lamish behind, yet he makes nothing of getting up upon the ice
hills, where he loves to sleep and to bask himself in the SUB. ..."
6. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"In consequence of this custom the females of this race, to quote an old English
authority, had a " waddling, lamish gesture in their going. ..."
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