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Definition of Debile
1. Adjective. Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. "Her body looked sapless"
Similar to: Frail
Derivative terms: Debility, Feebleness, Infirmity, Weakness
Definition of Debile
1. a. Weak.
Definition of Debile
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Weak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Debile
1. weak [adj] - See also: weak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Debile
Literary usage of Debile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grounds and Rudiments of Law by William Taylor Hughes (1908)
"debile.— the statutory record. See ASSIGNMENT OF ERRORS. An explication of this
maxim would be most instructive from many viewpoints ; and for contracts it ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"For that I have not wash'd My nose that bled, or foil d some debile wretch, .
... A very old, small, debile, and tragically fortuned man, whom he sincerely ..."
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