"cripplesome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cripplesome [comparative], most cripplesome [superlative]
Etymology: From cripple + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cripple|some}} cripple + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} cripplesome (comparative more cripplesome, superlative most cripplesome)
  1. Characterised or marked by crippledness; crippled
    Sense id: en-cripplesome-en-adj-6bUC-s7B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "ref": "2013, Charles Edward Carryl, Reginald Bathurst Birch, The Admiral's Caravan",
          "text": "\"Kind of — cripplesome, is n't if?\" said Dorothy rather confusedly. \"Cripplesome?\" exclaimed the Admiral. \"Why, that's no word for it. It's positively decrepitoo-dle\" [...]",
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