infirm Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
weakly; weak; sapless; feeble; decrepit; rickety; debile.
- a feeble old woman
- her body looked sapless
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adjective satellite lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
- infirm of purpose
WordNet
In*firm" adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
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Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; aninfirm constitution.A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. Shak.
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Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. "An infirm judgment." Burke.Infirm of purpose! Shak.
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Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. South.
Syn. -- Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
In*firm" transitive verb
Etymology
L.Definitions
To weaken; to enfeeble. Obs. Sir W. Raleigh.