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1. (adj.) infirm
feeble or weak in body or health, esp. because of age.
2. infirm
unsteadfast, faltering, or irresolute, as persons or the mind.
3. infirm
not firm, solid, or strong.
4. infirm
unsound or invalid, as an argument or a property title.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME infirme < L infirmus. See in -3, firm1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
"a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
2. (adj) infirm
lacking firmness of will or character or purpose
"infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) infirm
not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution
2. (adj) infirm
weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating
3. (adj) infirm
not solid or stable; insecure; precarious
4. (verb) infirm
to weaken; to enfeeble
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Sense: (of a person) weak or ill
elderly and infirm people.
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 Afrikaans: swak |
 Arabic: عاجِز، واهٍ |
 Bulgarian: немощен |
 Brazilian: enfermo |
 Czech: vetchý |
 German: gebrechlich |
 Danish: svagelig |
 Greek: ασθενικός |
 Spanish: enfermizo, achacoso |
 Estonian: põdur |
 Farsi: ضعیف؛ علیل |
 Finnish: sairaalloinen |
 French: infirme |
 Hebrew: חָלַש |
 Hindi: अस्थिर, अदृढ, रुग्ण |
 Croatian: slab, nemoćan |
 Hungarian: beteges |
 Indonesian: lemah |
 Icelandic: veikburða |
 Italian: debole |
 Japanese: 虚弱な |
 Korean: 허약한 |
 Lithuanian: besveikatis, ligotas, sil |
 Latvian: nespēcīgs; vārgs |
 Malay: lemah |
 Dutch: zwak, ziek |
 Norwegian: svak, sykelig |
 Polish: niedołężny |
 Persian: ضعیف؛ علیل |
 Pashto: ناروغ |
 Portuguese: enfermo |
 Romanian: infirm |
 Russian: немощный |
 Slovak: nevládny, slabý, vetchý |
 Slovenian: bolehen |
 Serbian: slab |
 Swedish: klen, skröplig, orkeslös |
 Thai: ซึ่งไม่แข็งแรง |
 Turkish: zayıf, dermansız, hastalı |
 Taiwanese: 體弱的 |
 Ukrainian: немічний; дуже старий |
 Urdu: کمزور، ناتواں |
 Vietnamese: ốm yếu |
 Chinese: 体弱的 |
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