Meanings
plural infirmities
- countableuncountableFeebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
mental infirmity
4 more examples
physical infirmity
suffer from an infirmity
He bore the weight of old age and physical infirmity.
Despite her infirmity, she remained mentally sharp.
Synonyms: caducity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFeebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian слабост, немощ
- слабост (slabost)feebleness
- немощ (nemošt)feebleness
Finnish raihnaisuus, vanhuudenheikkous
- raihnaisuusfeebleness
- vanhuudenheikkousfeebleness
French infirmité
- infirmitéfeebleness
German Gebrechlichkeit
- Gebrechlichkeitfeebleness
Greek αδυναμία, αναπηρία
- αδυναμία (adynamía)feebleness
- αναπηρία (anapiría)feebleness
Hindi दुर्बलता, अशक्तता
- दुर्बलता (durbaltā)feebleness
- अशक्तता (aśaktatā)feebleness
Latin debilitas, infirmitas
- debilitasfeebleness
- infirmitasfeebleness
- infirmitasfeebleness
Māori tārututanga
- tārututangafeebleness
Romanian infirmitate, debilitate
- infirmitatefeebleness
- debilitatefeebleness
Spanish enfermedad
- enfermedadfeebleness
Swedish skröplighet, bräcklighet
- skröplighetfeebleness
- bräcklighetfeebleness
Cite this entry
infirmity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infirmity
“infirmity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infirmity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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