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cripplesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From cripple + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by crippledness; crippled.
   • "Kind of — cripplesome, is n't if?" said Dorothy rather confusedly. "Cripplesome?" exclaimed the Admiral. "Why, that's no word for it. It's positively decrepitoo-dle" [...] 2013, Charles Edward Carryl, Reginald Bathurst Birch, The Admiral's Caravan:
   • “Fly-bitten—”The girl paused. “You have yet to say cripplesome or crookleg or leaden foot. Why do you not?” 2010, Karen Cushman, Alchemy and Meggy Swann:
   • And, Mr. Speaker, it's interesting to note, the Finance minister when in Swift Current said no, we can't change the taxation system, we cannot address the E&H tax, which is a cripplesome burden to businesses in small communities along the western side of this province and also along the eastern border in many of the communities on my side of the province. 1995, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SASKATCHEWAN

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