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Infirm Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Infirm? [adj] weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" [adj] lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare [adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [adj] confined to bed (by illness) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Infirm: bedfast \| bedrid \| bedridden \| debilitated \| decrepit \| enfeebled \| feeble \| frail \| ill \| irresolute \| sapless \| seedy \| sick \| sick-abed \| unhealthy \| weak \| weakly Related Terms \| Find terms related to Infirm: abulic \| Adamic \| adrift \| afloat \| afraid \| ailing \| alternating \| amorphous \| anile \| backsliding \| cachectic \| capricious \| carnal \| changeable \| changeful \| cowardly \| crabbed \| crippled \| crumbling \| dangerous \| debilitated \| decrepit \| desultory \| deviable \| disintegrating \| dizzy \| doddered \| doddering \| doddery \| drained \| eccentric \| enervated \| enfeebled \| erratic \| erring \| exhausted \| failing \| faint \| fainthearted \| fallen \| faltering \| fast and loose \| feeble \| feebleminded \| fickle \| fitful \| fleshly \| flickering \| flighty \| flimsy \| flitting \| fluctuating \| fossilized \| fragile \| frail \| freakish \| gerontal \| gerontic \| giddy \| hazardous \| healthless \| ill \| impetuous \| impulsive \| impure \| in poor health \| inconsistent \| inconstant \| indecisive \| indisposed \| insecure \| insubstantial \| invalid \| invertebrate \| irregular \| irresolute \| irresponsible \| lame \| languishing \| lapsed \| mazy \| mercurial \| moody \| moribund \| mossbacked \| moth-eaten \| mummylike \| of easy virtue \| on the decline \| pale \| palsied \| papery-skinned \| peaked \| peaky \| peccable \| perilous \| pliable \| poor \| poorish \| postlapsarian \| precarious \| prodigal \| provisional \| rambling \| ravaged with age \| recidivist \| recidivistic \| reduced \| reduced in health \| restless \| rickety \| risky \| rotten \| rotten at \| roving \| run to seed \| run-down \| rusty \| scatterbrained \| senile \| shaky \| shapeless \| shifting \| shifty \| shriveled \| shuffling \| sick \| sickly \| slippery \| soft \| spasmodic \| spineless \| stricken in years \| temporary \| tentative \| ticklish \| timeworn \| tottering \| tottery \| treacherous \| unaccountable \| unangelic \| uncertain \| unchaste \| unclean \| uncontrolled \| undependable \| undisciplined \| unfaithworthy \| unfirm \| unfixed \| ungodly \| ungood \| unhealthy \| unpredictable \| unreliable \| unrestrained \| unrighteous \| unsaintly \| unsettled \| unsolid \| unsound \| unstable \| unstable as water \| unstaid \| unsteadfast \| unsteady \| unsturdy \| unsubstantial \| unsure \| untrustworthy \| unvirtuous \| unwell \| vacillating \| vagrant \| valetudinarian \| valetudinary \| variable \| vicissitudinary \| vicissitudinous \| virtueless \| volatile \| wandering \| wanton \| wasted \| wavering \| wavery \| wavy \| wayward \| weak \| weakened \| weak-kneed \| weakly \| weak-minded \| weak-willed \| whimsical \| wishy-washy \| with low resistance \| withered \| wizened \| wobbling \| wobbly See Also \| Infirm In Webster's Dictionary \Infirm"\ ([i^]nf[~e]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf. F. infirme. See {In-} not, and {Firm}, a.] 1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak. 2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. ``An infirm judgment.'' --Burke. Infirm of purpose! --Shak. 3. 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"\, v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F. infirmer.] To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.

Infirm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infirm?

[adj] weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today"
[adj] lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
[adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
[adj] confined to bed (by illness)

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Infirm In Webster's Dictionary

\In*firm"\ ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf. F.
infirme. See {In-} not, and {Firm}, a.]
1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an
   infirm constitution.

         A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak.

2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. ``An infirm
   judgment.'' --Burke.

         Infirm of purpose!                    --Shak.

3. 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"\, v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F. infirmer.]
To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.

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