feebleness


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
feeble/ˈfiːbl/
adjective (feebler, feeblest)
  • 1 lacking physical strength.

    ■ lacking strength of character.

  • 2 failing to convince or impress: a feeble excuse.
– derivatives
feebleness noun,
feebly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. fieble, earlier fleible, from L. flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’.
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