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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weaklyadjective

    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

    "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

Wiktionary

  1. debileadjective

    Weak.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Debileadjective

    Weak; feeble; languid; faint; without strength; imbecile; impotent.

    Etymology: debilis, Lat.

    I have not wash’d my nose that bled,
    Or foil’d some debile wretch, which without note
    There’s many else have done. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

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  1. debile

    Debile is an adjective form of the noun debility. Used mainly in medical contexts, it refers to someone who is weak or infirm, especially due to illness or old age. It often describes a severe lack of physical strength or mental vigor.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Debileadjective

    weak

  2. Etymology: [L. debilis: cf. F. dbile. See Debility.]

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  1. belied

  2. edible

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of debile in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of debile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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