maimed

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun people who are wounded
  2. verb injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
  3. adjective having a part of the body crippled or disabled

Etymology

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

Synonyms

wounded

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