feeble(1)
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feeble adjective & noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French feble, var. of fieble (mod. faible), later forms of fleible, from Latin flebilis that is to be wept over, from flere weep: see -BLE.]
A. adjective.
Lacking physical strength, frail, weak, (now only of living things). ME.
G. M. Fraser He was still in shocking pain and entirely feeble.
Lacking intellectual or moral strength. ME.
Poor, mean, scanty. Foll. by of: poorly supplied. ME-L16.
Lacking energy, force, or effect. ME.
C. Wilson The feeble argument fails to do justice to Jung's basic conception.
Faintly perceived; indistinct, dim. M19.
J. Rhys Amelie brought out candles..but the night swallowed up the feeble light.
Comb.: feeble-minded adjective of very low intelligence; spec. having a mental age of 8 or 9 or an IQ of between 50 and 70. feeble-mindedness the state of being feeble-minded.
b. noun.
A weak, frail, or ineffectual person. ME.
Fencing. The blade of a sword from the middle to the point. Cf. FOIBLE noun 1, FORTE noun1 1. M17.
A weakness, a foible. rare. L17.
feebleness noun ME.
feebling noun a feeble person, a weakling L19.
feeblish adjective L17.
feebly adverb ME.