Infirmity

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The condition of being infirm, often as associated with old age; weakness or frailty.
  • noun. A bodily ailment or weakness.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Weakness of resolution or character.
  • noun. A moral failing or defect in character.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being infirm; weakness; especially, an unsound or unhealthy state of the body; a malady: as, the infirmities of age.
  • noun. A weakness; failing; fault; foible.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady.
  • noun. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
  • noun. a moral weakness or defect
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  • Word Usage
    "Some old people have lost all their teeth, and others have but few left; and this infirmity is the more considerable because the meat, not being well chewed, for want of teeth, is not well digested, which has as much influence as any thing upon the other decays of age."
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