different between lamely vs hirple

English

Etymology

lame +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?mli/

Adverb

lamely (comparative more lamely, superlative most lamely)

1. In the manner of one who is lame.
2. (colloquial) In a foolish or ineffective way.

   He lamely tried to lie his way out of the situation, but he wasn't really trying and no-one believed him.

Anagrams

• Malley, maleyl, mellay

English

Etymology

A word of unknown origin, first recorded in Scots sources from the late fifteenth century; but probably from Old Norse herpast (“to suffer from cramp”) the middle voice verb. Compare the Icelandic herpa (“to contract, to draw together”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??.p?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p?l

Verb

hirple (third-person singular simple present hirples, present participle hirpling, simple past and past participle hirpled)

1. (intransitive, Scotland, northern Britain) to walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
   • 1922, John Buchan, Huntingtower,

     Get you on that bicycle and hurry on, and I'll hirple after you the best I can.

Synonyms

• hobble

Scots

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?rpl/

Verb

hirple (third-person singular present hirples, present participle hirplin, past hirpelt, past participle hirpelt)

1. to limp, hobble
2. to cripple or hamper some venture or project

Noun

hirple (plural hirples)

1. a limp

Derived terms

• hirplock
• hirpler