Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, dated, not comparable)Crippled.

Examples

64 sentences

  1. Tom was crippled by the accident.

    ruТом был покалечен в аварии. — marafon

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  2. I didn't make you a cripple.

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  3. Tom is a cripple.

    ruТом инвалид. — odexed

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  4. The accident crippled Tom.

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  5. I'm not a cripple.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”

From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”), from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (“tending to crawl; a cripple”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend, crouch, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, twist”), equivalent to creep + -le. Cognate with Dutch kreupel, Low German Kröpel, German Krüppel, Old Norse kryppill.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cringeworthycringeycrinklecrisisB1crispA2

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