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maimed

UK/meɪmd/

maimed adjective: partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury. Also the simple past and past participle of maim.

Adjective

maimed (comparative more maimed, superlative most maimed)

  1. Partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
  2. Impaired or defective in some way.

Also used as

maimed is also the simple past and past participle of maim.

Forms of maimed

comparativemore maimed
superlativemost maimed

Origin of maimed

From Middle English maymed, ymaymed. By surface analysis, maim + -ed.

Words formed from maimed

Words that rhyme with maimed

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Questions about maimed

What does maimed mean?
Maimed means partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
What part of speech is maimed?
Maimed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce maimed?
Maimed is pronounced /meɪmd/ (UK).

Words near maimed in the dictionary

  1. maim
  2. Maimacterion
  3. Maimakterion
  4. Maimbung
  5. maime
  6. maimed
  7. maimedly
  8. maimedness
  9. maimee
  10. maimees
  11. maimer

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