CRIPPLE, CRIPPLED
(now sometimes offensive)
ADJECTIVES
..893 — HALT crippled, lame; limping → arch., literary usage
1629 — LEFT-HANDED crippled, lame, defective → obs.
1775 — CRIPPLY somewhat crippled → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1790 — GAME crippled, lame, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..L18 — LAMIGERIN in crippled fashion → sl.
..L18 — QUEER-GAMMED crippled, lame → sl.
.M19 — GAMY crippled, lame → sl.
1905 — HALPED crippled → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1945 — BOOGERED UP crippled or badly injured → US Western usage (Bk.)
1955 — LIMPY crippled, lame → Amer. dial.
2006 — GIMPY crippled; lame → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1861 — CRIPPLEDOM a being a cripple
NOUNS, PERSON
1440 — HALTER a cripple; one who halts or limps
1572 — BEDDRAL — BEDDREL — BEDERAL — BEDRAL — BEDREL — BEDRIL — BEDRILL a helpless cripple; a bedridden person → obs. rare exc. Sc.
1639 — LAMESTER a cripple; a lame person
1653 — LIMPARD a cripple; a person who limps → obs.
1775 — CAITIFF a cripple, one who is deformed and helpless → Eng. dial. obs.
1790 — BEDELL a helpless cripple; a bedridden person → Sc.
1790 — BETHERELL a helpless cripple; a bedridden person → Ireland
1804 — LAMETER — LAMITER a cripple; a lame person → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 — HECKSTER a cripple, one who uses a crutch in walking → Sc.
1825 — MITTILAT a crippled person; one whose limbs have been mutilated → Sc. obs.
1829 — LAMIGER — LAMMIGER a cripple; a lame person → Eng. dial.
1866 — HECKIE a cripple; one who uses a crutch in walking → Sc. (Bk.)
1887 — DECRIPPIT a cripple, a lame person; one who is decrepit → Eng. dial.
1889 — GAMMY a crippled or lame person → UK sl. obs.
1891 — HAUCHAL a crippled or deformed person → Sc.
1894 — GIMP a cripple; a crippled beggar; a lame person or one unable to walk → sl., orig. US
1894 — HIRPLE a cripple; a lame person → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1895 — GIMPY a cripple; a lame person → colloq.
1918 — CRIP a cripple → US colloq.
1919 — BASKET a cripple, either mentally or physically → sl.
1924 — GIMICK a cripple; a lame person → US tramps’ sl.
1927 — GEEHUNCLE — GEHUNCLE a crippled or lame person → US sl.
1970 — RASPBERRY NIPPLE a cripple, a disabled person → rhyming sl.
1974 — GIMPSTER a cripple; a disabled person → US sl.
1988 — GIMPER a cripple; a disabled person → US sl.
1997 — BEDTHER a cripple → Irish sl. (Bk.)
1998 — MUSTARD (PICKLE) a cripple → Brit. imperfect rhyming sl.
2004 — WONKY LEGS a cripple → Brit. sl., cruel usage (Bk.)
VERBS
1641 — HAMSTRING to cripple, to destroy the activity or efficiency of
1967 — OUT THE LIGHT FOR SOMEONE to cripple or maim someone; to put out of action → W. Indies sl.