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maimed

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Badly injured so that a body part is permanently damaged or lost.

Detailed Definition
Maimed means severely wounded or disabled, often in a violent way. It is still understandable today, but it has a harsh, older literary feel and is common in dramatic or historical writing.
Example
Example in poetry:
“I guess it beats being ripped apart, maimed” uses maimed for severely injured or deprived of a limb or function; “The maimed tree lifted one remaining branch” applies the image metaphorically to damage; “War left the village maimed, not silent” broadens bodily injury into communal trauma; In older verse, “maimed rites” can mean ceremonies cut short or made incomplete
Additional Notes
The word is used in a violent, literary sense in the line and may feel unfamiliar or elevated to some readers.; Found in the poem, The Jester's Lament by Richard
Also Known As
injured crippled disabled impaired
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