cripplesome

English

Etymology

From cripple +‎ -some.

Adjective

cripplesome (comparative more cripplesome, superlative most cripplesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by crippledness; crippled
    • 1995, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SASKATCHEWAN:
      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.
    • 2010, Karen Cushman, Alchemy and Meggy Swann:
      “Fly-bitten—”The girl paused. “You have yet to say cripplesome or crookleg or leaden foot. Why do you not?”
    • 2013, Charles Edward Carryl, Reginald Bathurst Birch, The Admiral's Caravan:
      "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" [...]

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