feebleness
101Persuasion (roman) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Persuasion (homonymie). Persuasion …
102feebly — See feebleness. * * * …
103decrepitude — /di krep i toohd , tyoohd /, n. decrepit condition; dilapidated state; feebleness, esp. from old age. [1595 1605; < F décrépitude, deriv. of décrépit DECREPIT; see TUDE] * * * …
104imbecile — imbecilely, adv. /im beuh sil, seuhl/ or, esp. Brit., / seel /, n. 1. Psychol. a person of the second order in a former classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an… …
105imbecility — /im beuh sil i tee/, n., pl. imbecilities. 1. Psychol. the state of being an imbecile. 2. an instance or point of weakness; feebleness; incapability. 3. stupidity; silliness; absurdity. 4. an instance of this. [1525 35; earlier imbecillity < L… …
106international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
107stagger — staggerer, n. /stag euhr/, v.i. 1. to walk, move, or stand unsteadily. 2. to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight. 3. to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate: After staggering momentarily, he recognized… …
108United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
109weak-minded — weak mindedly, adv. weak mindedness, n. /week muyn did/, adj. 1. having or showing a lack of mental firmness; irresolute; vacillating. 2. having or showing mental feebleness; foolish. [1775 85] * * * …
110weakness — /week nis/, n. 1. the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness. 2. an inadequate or defective quality, as in a person s character; slight fault or defect: to show great sympathy for human… …
