Friday, July 1, 2011

CRIPPLE

cripple:

noun:

- sometimes offensive: a lame or partly disabled person or animal

- one that is disabled or deficient in a specified manner; e.g., a social cripple

- something flawed or imperfect

adjective:

- being lame, flawed, or imperfect

verb:

- to deprive of the use of a limb and especially a leg; e.g. the accident left him crippled

- to deprive of capability for service or of strength, efficiency, or wholeness; e.g. an economy crippled by inflation