lamish

English

Etymology

From lame +‎ -ish.

Adjective

lamish (not comparable)

1. Somewhat lame.
   • 1855, The new sporting magazine, page 446:

     I was rather puzzled about Wild Dayrell's chance at first, when a big light horse, with "P" on the sheets and a lamish hock, passed me; but I soon found out my error, and joined the cortige of the real Simon Pure.

References

• “lamish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Halims, Hamils, Hislam, Malhis, Shimla