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cramp
English
Etymology
From Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe (“cramp”), from Frankish *krampa (“cramp”), from Proto-Germanic *kramp? (“cramp, clasp”). Distant relative of English crop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?æmp/
- Rhymes: -æmp
Noun
cramp (countable and uncountable, plural cramps)
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
- August 1534, Margaret Roper (or Thomas More in her name), letter to Alice Alington
- the cramp also that divers nights gripeth him in his legs.
- August 1534, Margaret Roper (or Thomas More in her name), letter to Alice Alington
- That which confines or contracts.
- Synonyms: restraint, shackle, hindrance
- 1782, William Cowper, Truth
- crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
cramp (third-person singular simple present cramps, present participle cramping, simple past and past participle cramped)
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
- 1936, Heinrich Hauser, Once Your Enemy (translated from the German by Norman Gullick)
- The collar of the tunic scratched my neck, the steel helmet made my head ache, and the puttees cramped my leg muscles.
- 1936, Heinrich Hauser, Once Your Enemy (translated from the German by Norman Gullick)
- (transitive, figuratively) To prohibit movement or expression of.
- 1853, Austen Henry Layard, Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
- But the front of the animal , which was in full , was narrow and cramped , and unequal in dignity to the side
- 1853, Austen Henry Layard, Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.
- 1633, John Ford, Perkin Warbeck
- when the gout cramps my joints
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- 1780, Edmund Burke, Principles in Politics
- The […] fabric of universal justice is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts.
- 1780, Edmund Burke, Principles in Politics
- To form on a cramp.
Derived terms
- cramp someone's style
Translations
Adjective
cramp (comparative more cramp, superlative most cramp)
- (archaic) cramped; narrow
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cramp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- cramp at OneLook Dictionary Search
Manx
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
cramp
- intricate, complex
Derived terms
- neuchramp
Mutation
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claudication
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin claudic?ti? (“limping”, noun), from claudic? (“to limp, halt, be lame”) +? -?ti? (“-ation”, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kl??.d??ke?.??n/, /?kl??.d??ke?.?n?/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
claudication (countable and uncountable, plural claudications)
- (medicine, uncountable) Limping.
- (medicine, countable) A condition in which temporary cramp-like pain in the calf muscles is induced by exercise, typically caused by obstruction of the arteries.
Derived terms
- claudicate
References
- “claudication”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “claudication”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
French
Etymology
From Latin claudic?ti?.
Pronunciation
Noun
claudication f (plural claudications)
- limp, lameness
Further reading
- “claudication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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