Cripply

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    lame; disabled; crippled

    "When my mistress brought back the news of the little fellow's death, his poor mother, who was but a sickly, cripply sort of body, just broke her heart and died […]"

Example

More examples

"When my mistress brought back the news of the little fellow's death, his poor mother, who was but a sickly, cripply sort of body, just broke her heart and died […]"

Etymology

From cripple + -y.

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