lame
- noun
- /leɪm/
:
lamé
- She wore a long gown of black lame that fit her like a glove.
Examples
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He's brought me this, which is a gold lame bag.
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His costume was adorned with lame to catch the light during the performance.
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One of her duties was to pray for the sick of every stripe, the halt and lame of mind, body, or spirit.
Fiction book (1997) -
The only threat to his power came from the distant land of Transoxiana, in the form of Timur the Lame, or Tamerlane.
Blog text (32) -
This involves visualization of the lame's body being dismembered as an offering or sacrifice of the egoic hindrances to realization.
Academic text (1990) -
She wore an elegant dress made of lame fabric for the gala event.
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The designer used shimmering lame to create a stunning evening gown.
Idioms
Compounds
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lame for the shiny cloth comes from French lamé, which meant 'with metal' or 'made with thin metal thread', so lame fabric is cloth woven with metal that looks bright and glittering.