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Definitions for: Infirm [adj] weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today"
[adj] lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
[adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
[adj] confined to bed (by illness)
Webster (1913) Definition: In*firm" ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf. F.
infirme. See In- not, and Firm, a.]
1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an
infirm constitution.
A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak.
2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. ``An infirm
judgment.'' --Burke.
Infirm of purpose! --Shak.
3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.
He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm
ground. --South.
Syn: Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled;
irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
In*firm", v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F. infirmer.]
To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
Synonyms: bedfast, bedrid, bedridden, debilitated, decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, frail, ill, irresolute, sapless, seedy, sick, sick-abed, unhealthy, weak, weakly
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