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Definition of Infirmity
1. Noun. The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age).
Generic synonyms: Softness, Unfitness
Specialized synonyms: Asthenia, Astheny, Cachexia, Cachexy, Wasting
Derivative terms: Debile, Debilitate, Feeble, Feeble, Frail, Infirm
Definition of Infirmity
1. n. 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.
Definition of Infirmity
1. Noun. feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age. ¹
2. Noun. a moral weakness or defect ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infirmity
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Medical Definition of Infirmity
1. Origin: L. Infirmitas: cf. F. Infirmite. See Infirm. 1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; especially, 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) Synonym: Debility, imbecility, weakness, feebleness, failing, foible, defect, disease, malady. See Debility. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infirmity
Literary usage of Infirmity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"If a wicked man sins, it is never by a pitiable or pardonable infirmity, ...
But if a good man sins, he hath the least reason to pretend infirmity for his ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"64, § 2205) makes provision as follows: "To constitute notice of an infirmity In
the Instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating the same ..."
3. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1885)
"Hardness of heart " reigned till Christ's time; let "infirmity of the flesh" (be
content to) have reigned till the time of the ..."
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