lamé

Multiple Entries:
  lamé    lame  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lamé /ˈlɑːmeɪ/

▶noun fabric with gold or silver threads.

– origin 1920s: Fr., from L. lamina (see lamina).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lame/leɪm/

▶adjective

• 1 disabled in the leg or foot.

• 2 (of an explanation or excuse) unconvincingly feeble.

• 3 N. Amer. informal pathetic or socially inept.

▶verb make lame.

– derivatives
lamely adverb,
lameness noun.

– origin OE lama, of Gmc origin.