lamb
noun
a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
verb
Origin
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.
Phrases
- beaver lamb
- ewe lamb
- gentle as a lamb
- house lamb
- in lamb
- in like a lion, out like a lamb
- in two shakes of a lamb's tail
- innocent as a lamb
- Lamb County
- Lamb shift
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