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infirm

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
infirm/ɪnˈfɜːm/

▶adjective

1 not physically strong, especially through age.

2 archaic irresolute; weak.

– derivatives
infirmly adverb.

– origin ME: from L. infirmus, from in- ‘not’ + firmus ‘firm’.

'infirm' also found in these Oxford entries:

anoint - debilitate - decrepit - eldercare - invalid - nurse - semi-invalid - spoon-feed - unwieldy - walking frame

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