Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LAME'NESS
LAME'NESS, n.
- An impaired state of the body or limbs; loss of natural soundness and strength by a wound or by disease; particularly applied to the limbs, and implying a total or partial inability; as, the lameness of the leg or arm.
- Imperfection; weakness; as, the lameness of an argument or of a description.
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