Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being infirm; infirmity; weakness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Infirmity; feebleness.

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  • noun The quality of being infirm; feebleness.

Etymologies

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infirm +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • FOR THE RIGHTEOUS: This may in fact be our last reunion, again, because of the age and the infirmness of some of the survivors and rescuers that still exist.

    CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2006 2006

  • STAN STEINREICH, JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS: This may in fact be our last reunion, again, because of the age and the infirmness of some of the survivors and rescuers that still exist

    CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2006 2006

  • He walked with a new, just noticeable, infirmness toward the door.

    O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Various

  • He had been marking the windings of creeks, observing where there were bridges and where there were none, the depth of channels and the infirmness of marshes.

    The Long Roll Mary Johnston 1903

  • Captain Hunt doth not lay down (which, by reason of age and infirmness, might do well); but I durst not promote it, because I see no fit man to succeed him, and a great division probably will ensue.

    Collections 1792

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