LA'MENESS, noun 1. 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. 2. Imperfection; weakness; as the lameness of an argument or of a description.
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