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Forcible-feeble
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What's The Definition Of Forcible-feeble?Synonyms | Synonyms for Forcible-feeble: Related Terms | Find terms related to Forcible-feeble: See Also | Forcible-feeble In Webster's Dictionary \For"ci*ble-fee`ble\, a. [From Feeble, a
character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's ``King Henry
IV.,'' to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet
``forcible.'']
Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.
He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive
matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad
taste of the forcible-feeble school. --N. Brit.
Review.
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