mahaignier

to injure, mutilate, cripple

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Non-graphic rehabilitation scene after permanent injury: adult with lower-leg prosthesis learns to walk between parallel bars with clinician, acquired lasting bodily damage evident without exposing wounds.

verb

maim

MAYM/meɪm/

To injure someone severely, causing lasting physical damage.

Etymology

maimOld Frenchto injure, mutilate, cripple

Mahaignier already meant to wound or cripple; its deeper origin is uncertain. In older law, maiming meant depriving someone of a limb's use, emphasizing disabling injury rather than a wound alone.

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