What is the meaning of Feble?

weak, feeble

alternative form of fêblo (“weak”)

Feeble, weak, or strengthless: Infirm, weak, or frail; lacking physical strength or capability. Cowardly, nervous, overcautious; lacking willpower. Unfaithful, unbelieving; lacking religious confidence. Unthinking, unwise; lacking mental acuity. Ineffective, weak; lacking power, strength, or magnitude. Easily damaged, broken, or bent; lacking sturdiness or robustness.

Infirm, weak, or frail; lacking physical strength or capability.

Cowardly, nervous, overcautious; lacking willpower.

Unfaithful, unbelieving; lacking religious confidence.

Unthinking, unwise; lacking mental acuity.

Ineffective, weak; lacking power, strength, or magnitude.

Easily damaged, broken, or bent; lacking sturdiness or robustness.

Insidious, iniquitous; morally wrong or erroneous.

Of bad quality, design, or keeping; shoddily constructed or maintained.

Sad, grieving (because of misfortune or bad luck)

Having a low precious metal content.

↑ Wright, Joseph (1892), “Chapter IV. The French Element — The Vowels.”, in A grammar of the dialect of Windhill, in the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Dialect Society Series C; 67)‎, London: for the English Dialect Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., →OCLC, § 231, page 65.

alternative form of feblen

weak; feeble

feeble; weak

soft

weakly, dimly, faintly, feebly, lightly, mildly

weak, feeble

feeble

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