Meanings
plural feeblenesses
- countableuncountableThe quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
1 more example
The traditional bourgeois ethic, puritan or secular, had ascribed [economic failure] to moral or spiritual feebleness rather than to lack of intellect, for it was evident that not much in the way of brains was needed for success in business, and conversely that mere brains did not guarantee wealth and still less ‘sound’ views.
1975, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital. 1848-1875, published 1995, page 289
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishfeblenesse
- Englishfeebleness
From Middle English feblenesse; equivalent to feeble + -ness.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hindi क्षीणता
- क्षीणता (kṣīṇtā)the state of being feeble
Irish laige
- laigethe state of being feeble
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