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Webster 1913 Edition


Infirmity

In-firm′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Infirmities
(#)
.
[L.
infirmitas
: cf. F.
infirmite
. See
Infirm
,
Adj.
]
1.
The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady;
as,
infirmity
of body or mind
.
’T is the
infirmity
of his age.
Shakespeare
2.
A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
Will you be cured of your
infirmity
?
Shakespeare
A friend should bear his friend's
infirmities
.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing; foible; defect; disease; malady. See
Debility
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Infirmity

INFIRMITY

,
Noun.
inferm'ity. [L. infirmitas.]
1.
An unsound or unhealthy state of the body; weakness; feebleness. Old age is subject to infirmities.
2.
Weakness of mind; failing; fault; foible.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
3.
Weakness of resolution.
4.
Any particular disease; malady; applied rather to chronic, than to violent diseases.
5.
Defect; imperfection; weakness; as the infirmities of a constitution of government.

Definition 2024


infirmity

infirmity

English

Noun

infirmity (plural infirmities)

  1. feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
  2. a moral weakness or defect

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