hurple

/ˈhɜː.pəl/

Etymology

A word of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Scots hirple (“to limp”) or Dutch hurken (“to squat”), plus the suffix -le.

hurple means an impediment similar to a limp. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

hurple is pronounced /ˈhɜː.pəl/.

noun

An impediment similar to a limp.“After he sprained his ankle, he walked away with a hurple.”

To shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning.“Goas hurpling abart fit to give a body t'dithers to luke at him! - The Dialect of Leeds, 1862”