■ noun archaic or offensive a person who is unable to walk or move properly through disability or injury.
■ verb make unable to move or walk properly.
↘cause severe and disabling damage to.
Derivatives
~dom noun
~r noun
Origin
OE: from two words, crypel and crēopel , both of Gmc origin and related to creep .
Usage
The word ~ in the sense ‘a person unable to walk through disability or injury’ has acquired offensive connotations and has now largely been replaced by broader terms such as disabled person .