Infirm definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary INFIRM, a. inferm'. [L. infirmus; in and firmus.] 1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as an infirm body; an infirm constitution. 2. Weak of mind; irresolute; as infirm of purpose. 3. Not solid or stable. He who fixes on false principles, treads on infirm ground. INFIRM, v.t. inferm'. To weaken. [Not used.] ...
... L. invalidus, supra.] 1. A person who is weak and infirm; a person sickly or indisposed. 2. A person who is infirm, wounded, maimed, or otherwise disabled for active service; a soldier ... become an invalid. Derivatives: invalidism n. Etymology: L invalidus weak, infirm (as IN-(1), VALID) 2. adj. not valid, esp. having ... a. [Pref. in- not + valid: cf. F. invalide, L. invalidus infirm, weak. Cf. Invalid infirm.] 1. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak ... a. See Invalid null.] A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one ...
... are born weak; men are rendered weak by disease. 2. Infirm; not healthy; as a weak constitution. 3. Not able to ... old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly] 8: (used of verbs) having standard ... acids and bases > • weakly adverb Synonyms: weak, feeble, frail, fragile, infirm, decrepit mean not strong enough to endure strain, pressure, or ... reclusive poet too fragile for the rigors of this world >. infirm suggests instability, unsoundness, and insecurity due to old age or crippling illness < infirm residents requiring constant care >. decrepit implies being worn-out or ... physical strength. Specifically: (a) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. A poor, infirm, weak, and ...
... valetudinarius, from valetudo, from valeo, to be well.] Sickly; weak; infirm; seeking to recover health. VALETUDINA'RIAN, VALETU'DINARY, n. A person of a weak, infirm or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health ... health Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Latin valetudinarius sickly, infirm, from valetudin-, valetudo state of health, sickness, from val?re ... or well: cf. F. val['e]tudinaire. See Valiant.] Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm. My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach. --Coleridge. The virtue which ... of English Synonyms I. n. Invalid, valetudinary. II. a. Weak, infirm, sickly, feeble, weakly, frail, invalid, valetudinary. Moby Thesaurus alcoholic, ...
... 14th century 1. a. the quality or state of being infirm b. the condition of being feeble ; frailty 2. disease, malady ... ty, n.; pl. Infirmities. [L. infirmitas : cf. F. infirmite. See Infirm, a.] 1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or ... defect; disease; malady. See Debility. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see infirm International Standard Bible Encyclopedia in-fur'-mi-ti (dawah, chalah ... ill, ill health, illness, imperfection, inadequacy, incapacity, indisposition, infectious disease, infirm old age, infirmity of age, insecurity, insipidity, insolidity, instability, insubstantiality ...
... a. [L. fragilis, or from a different root.] 1. Weak; infirm; liable to fail and decay; subject to casualties; easily destroyed ... fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm. That I may know how frail I am. --Ps. xxxix ... frangible, brittle, easily broken (across). 2. Weak, feeble, fragile. See infirm. 3. Liable to err, easily led astray, of infirm virtue. Moby Thesaurus Adamic, Adamite, Adamitic, abulic, afraid, ailing, airy ... humanistic, ill, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, impure, in poor health, inconstant, infirm, insubstantial, invalid, invertebrate, jerry, jerry-built, lacerable, lacy, languishing, lapsed ...
... little courage or fortitude. WEAKLY, a. Not strong of constitution; infirm; as a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution ... old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly] adv 1: in a weak or ... ly, a. [Compar. Weaklier; superl. Weakliest.] Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly ... weak Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Feeble, weak, infirm. Moby Thesaurus a bit, a la sourdine, a little, anemic ... healthless, hushedly, imbecile, imperfectly, impotent, in poor health, inappreciably, inconsequentially, infirm, infirmly, insignificantly, insubstantial, invalid, just a bit, languid, languishing, languorous ...
... pp. of break. bro'kn. Parted by violence; rent asunder; infirm; made bankrupt. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: physically ... so upset" [syn: broken, confused, disordered, upset] 9: weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism" 10: destroyed financially; "the broken ... pattern especially from virus infection 3. a. made weak or infirm b. subdued completely ; crushed, sorrowful < a broken heart > < a broken ... strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. The one being ...
... noun (plural -ries) Date: 15th century a place where the infirm or sick are lodged for care and treatment Oxford Reference ... in a monastery, school, etc. Etymology: med.L infirmaria (as INFIRM) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Infirmary In*firm"a*ry ([i ... Cf. OE. fermerie, OF. enfermerie, F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See Infirm.] A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out ...
... supra.] 1. A building appropriated for the reception of sick,infirm and helpless paupers,who are supported and nursed by charity ... 14th century 1. a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young 2. an institution where the sick or injured ... Spenser. 2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded ... refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at ...
... impotent of tongue. IM'POTENT, n. One who is feeble, infirm, or languishing under disease. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj ... or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm. There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet ... 1. Powerless, unable, incapable, incompetent, disabled, incapacitated, imbecile, weak, feeble, infirm, frail, inefficient. 2. Unable to procreate, incapable of begetting offspring ... imprecise, inadequate, incompetent, indifferent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, infecund, infertile, infirm, invalid, invertebrate, issueless, jejune, languid, languorous, lax, leached, lenient, lightweight ...