feebleness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  2. noun the quality of lacking intensity or substance; - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Etymology

From Middle English feblenesse; equivalent to feeble + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

infirmity, frailty, debility, frailness, valetudinarianism

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