infirmness

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noun

The quality of being infirm; feebleness or illness.

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Meanings

nouninfirmness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being infirm; feebleness or illness.
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    For both which purposes I thought it requisite to do these two things ; the one , to set down some experiments , which by the help of the reflections and insinuations that attend them , may assist you to discover the infirmness and insufficiency both of the common Peripatetic doctrine, and of the now more applauded theory of the chymists about colour

    1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC

Origin

From infirm + -ness.

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APA

infirmness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infirmness

MLA

“infirmness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infirmness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infirmness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infirmness.

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