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crippled (adj.)
"partly or wholly deprived of the use of one or more limbs," early 14c., from cripple (v.). The earlier adjective in Middle English was crepel, crupel (early 13c.).
updated on May 16, 2018
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"partly or wholly deprived of the use of one or more limbs," early 14c., from cripple (v.). The earlier adjective in Middle English was crepel, crupel (early 13c.).
updated on May 16, 2018