infirmity

  • 11infirmity — noun the family would never openly discuss Aunt Erma s infirmity Syn: illness, malady, ailment, disease, disorder, sickness, affliction, complaint, indisposition, frailty, weakness; disability, impairment …

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  • 12infirmity of old age — index caducity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13infirmity of purpose — index doubt (indecision), indecision Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14infirmity — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century 1. a. the quality or state of being infirm b. the condition of being feeble ; frailty 2. disease, malady 3. a personal failing ; foible < one of the …

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  • 15infirmity — /in ferr mi tee/, n., pl. infirmities for 1, 3. 1. a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age. 2. quality or state of being infirm; lack of strength. 3. a moral weakness or failing. [1325 75; ME infirmite < L infirmitas. See INFIRM,&#8230; …

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  • 16infirmity — noun feebleness and frailty, especially due to old age. See Also: infirm …

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  • 17infirmity — A weakness; an abnormal, more or less disabling, condition of mind or body. [see infirm] * * * in·fir·mi·ty in fər mət ē n, pl ties the quality or state of being infirm esp an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitat …

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  • 18infirmity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fault; feebleness, weakness; illness, disease. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Weakness] Syn. frailty, deficiency, debility, feebleness; see frailty 1 , weakness 1 . 2. [Illness] Syn. sickness, ailment, ailing …

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  • 19infirmity — in|fir|mi|ty [ınˈfə:mıti US ə:r ] n plural infirmities [U and C] formal bad health or a particular illness …

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  • 20infirmity — in|fir|mi|ty [ ın fɜrməti ] noun count or uncount FORMAL bad health caused by old age or illness …

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