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Infirmity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Infirmity? [n] the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Infirmity: debility \| feebleness \| frailness \| frailty Related Terms \| Find terms related to Infirmity: abnormality \| abulia \| acute disease \| advanced age \| advanced years \| affection \| affliction \| age of retirement \| ailment \| allergic disease \| allergy \| an incurable disease \| anility \| atrophy \| bacterial disease \| bad habit \| besetting sin \| birth defect \| blemish \| blight \| bug \| cachexia \| cachexy \| caducity \| cardiovascular disease \| catch \| chronic disease \| chronic ill health \| circulatory disease \| complaint \| complication \| condition \| congenital defect \| cowardice \| crack \| danger \| debilitation \| debility \| decay \| decline of life \| declining years \| decrepitude \| defect \| defection \| deficiency \| deficiency disease \| deformity \| degenerative disease \| delicacy \| delicate health \| desultoriness \| disability \| disease \| disorder \| distemper \| dotage \| drawback \| eld \| elderliness \| endemic \| endemic disease \| endocrine disease \| enervation \| enfeeblement \| epidemic disease \| exhaustion \| failing \| failure \| faintheartedness \| faintness \| fault \| faute \| fear \| feeblemindedness \| feebleness \| flaw \| foible \| fragility \| frailness \| frailty \| functional disease \| fungus disease \| gastrointestinal disease \| genetic disease \| green old age \| hale old age \| handicap \| hazard \| healthlessness \| hereditary disease \| hoary age \| hole \| hypochondria \| hypochondriasis \| iatrogenic disease \| ill \| ill health \| illness \| imperfection \| inadequacy \| incapacity \| indisposition \| infectious disease \| infirm old age \| infirmity of age \| insecurity \| insipidity \| insolidity \| instability \| insubstantiality \| invalidism \| invalidity \| kink \| languishing \| languishment \| little problem \| longevity \| malady \| malaise \| moral flaw \| morbidity \| morbidness \| morbus \| muscular disease \| neurological disease \| nutritional disease \| occupational disease \| old age \| oldness \| organic disease \| pandemic disease \| pathological condition \| pathology \| peakedness \| pensionable age \| peril \| perilousness \| plant disease \| pliability \| poor health \| precariousness \| problem \| protozoan disease \| psychosomatic disease \| respiratory disease \| ricketiness \| rift \| ripe old age \| risk \| riskiness \| rockiness \| second childhood \| secondary disease \| seediness \| senectitude \| senility \| senior citizenship \| shakiness \| shiftiness \| shiftingness \| shortcoming \| sickishness \| sickliness \| sickness \| signs \| slipperiness \| snag \| softness \| something missing \| speculativeness \| spinelessness \| superannuation \| symptomatology \| symptomology \| symptoms \| syndrome \| taint \| the downward slope \| the golden years \| the pip \| ticklishness \| treacherousness \| treachery \| unauthenticity \| unauthoritativeness \| undependability \| unfaithworthiness \| unfirmness \| unhealthiness \| unreliability \| unsolidity \| unsoundness \| unsteadfastness \| unsteadiness \| unsturdiness \| unsubstantiality \| unsureness \| untrustworthiness \| unwholesomeness \| urogenital disease \| vale of years \| valetudinarianism \| vapidity \| vice \| virus disease \| vulnerable place \| wasting \| wasting disease \| wateriness \| weak link \| weak point \| weak side \| weak will \| weakening \| weakliness \| weak-mindedness \| weakness \| white hairs \| wishy-washiness \| worm disease See Also \| asthenia \| astheny \| bad condition \| cachexia \| cachexy \| poor shape \| unfitness \| wasting Infirmity In Webster's Dictionary \Infirm"ity\, n.; pl. {Infirmities}. [L. infirmitas : cf. F. infirmite. See {Infirm}, a.] 1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind. 'T is the infirmity of his age. --Shak. 2. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect. Will you be cured of your infirmity ? --Shak. A friend should bear his friend's infirmities. --Shak. The house has also its infirmities. --Evelyn. Syn: Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing; foible; defect; disease; malady. See {Debility}.

Infirmity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infirmity?

[n] the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infirmity: debility | feebleness | frailness | frailty

Infirmity In Webster's Dictionary

\In*firm"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infirmities}. [L. infirmitas
: cf. F. infirmite. See {Infirm}, a.]
1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or
   weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated
   state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.

         'T is the infirmity of his age.       --Shak.

2. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a
   weakness or defect.

         Will you be cured of your infirmity ? --Shak.

         A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.
                                               --Shak.

         The house has also its infirmities.   --Evelyn.

Syn: Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing;
     foible; defect; disease; malady. See {Debility}.

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