What does infirmity mean?
Definitions for infirmity
ɪnˈfɜr mɪ tiin·fir·mi·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianismnoun
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Wiktionary
infirmitynoun
feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
infirmitynoun
a moral weakness or defect
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Infirmitynoun
Etymology: infirmité, French.
Infirmity,
Which waits upon worn times, hath something seiz'd
His wish'd ability. William Shakespeare, Winter's Tale.Discover thine infirmity,
That warranteth by law to be thy privilege:
I am with child, ye bloody homicides. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.If he had done or said any thing amiss, he desired their worships to think it was his infirmities. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæs.
Are the infirmities of the body, pains, and diseases his complaints? His faith reminds him of the day when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal immortality. John Rogers.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities;
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are. William Shakespeare.Many infirmities made it appear more requisite, that a wiser man should have the application of his interest. Edward Hyde.
How difficult is it to preserve a great name, when he that has acquired it, is so obnoxious to such little weaknesses and infirmities, as are no small diminution to it, when discovered. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
General laws are like general rules of physick, according whereunto, as now, no wise man will desire himself to be cured, if there be joined with his disease some special accident, in regard that thereby others in the same infirmity, but without the like accident, may. Richard Hooker.
Webster Dictionary
Infirmityadjective
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
Infirmityadjective
a personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of infirmity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of infirmity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of infirmity in a Sentence
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
We are always talking about sickness and infirmity and we don't emphasize health, as a country we spend more on healthcare than anyone else but we don't pay attention to prevention. Many problems can be solved by very basic measures, and as this study shows, that includes taking care of the spirit.
Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
Of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country, the candid and the just will now admit that both have contributed splendid talents, spotless integrity, ardent patriotism, and disinterested sacrifices to the formation and administration of this Government, and that both have required a liberal indulgence for a portion of human infirmity and error.
Metformin could be especially useful in people who are unable to follow diet and exercise strictly, who are obese, have polycystic ovarian disease, or can not walk or exercise due to physical infirmity, it is a low cost drug, and could be useful in underprivileged populations also.
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